Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Hiring for Advanced Technician-Workforce Development, Education and Training Job at Nottingham, England Full Time

Job overview

A unique opportunity has arisen for an experienced, highly motivated and dynamic pharmacy technician to develop a new leadership role within our well established Pharmacy Education and Training team at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust.

This post offers an outstanding opportunity, at an exciting time within the field of pharmacy education and training, to play a key role within our department in developing and ensuring our current and future technical workforce is fit for purpose.

In this newly established post the successful applicant will proactively lead and strategically develop all aspects of pharmacy technician and support staff education and training to ensure both NUH and our Nottinghamshire wide Integrated Care systems (ICS) realise the potential that our technical workforce has and that they are appropriately utilised and trained to the highest standard.

Recently voted as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to live, our city & the region are one of the big reasons why a career at NUH is the right choice for so many. The city has been named in the top ten places to bring up a family and the top UK city to make your salary stretch further.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to be a positive role model demonstrating the responsibility and accountability required of registered pharmacy technicians. They will empower the pharmacy technician and support staff team and other members of the wider pharmacy team to deliver their objectives and goals, whilst supporting their training and development.

The department has a philosophy of growing our own staff and we recognise that investing in their training and development has never been more important. As such the post holder will take overall responsibility for the maintenance and development of our well respected and established apprenticeship programme as we look to grow our numbers of pre-registration technicians and support staff.

They will manage, mentor and appraise the pharmacy technician and support staff education and training team and work closely with the Lead Pharmacist for Education and Training as we strive to develop innovative ways of providing efficient and high quality training and support to enable our workforce to provide the best possible care for our patients.

In addition we are just embarking on the initial stages of the workforce arm of our Nottinghamshire ICS Integrating NHS Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation (IPMO) programme. The post holder will play a key role in engaging with local and regional partners and ensure national standards and legislative requirements are considered within this key workstream.

Working for our organisation

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest acute teaching hospital Trusts. We have achieved a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma and are at the forefront of many research programmes. The Pharmacy & Medicines Optimisation department provides a wide range of specialist pharmaceutical and clinical services across the two main sites of Queens Medical Centre and the City Hospital.

As a teaching trust we have a strong relationship with our colleagues at the University of Nottingham and other universities across the East Midlands. We play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, not to mention pharmacy students.

We’ve made a clear commitment to our patients and staff that ‘We listen, We care’, and will do all we can to ensure that our patients get the best possible care we can give them. We want you to be proud to be part of the NUH team!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of key duties & responsibilities

The post holder will also partake in operational pharmacy duties including full participation in the 7 day shifted working rota and bank holidays and be able to work flexibly depending on service needs.

Applications are welcomed from registered pharmacy technicians with a passion for and experience in, the delivery of education and training in an acute hospital setting.

If you would like to discuss this post or arrange for an informal visit please contact Lou Beaumont, Lead Pharmacist-Education and Training via email at [email protected] or 07812278076

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.