Chief Pharmacy Technician | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Lincoln, LN5 7JH |
| Company: | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7294916/818-COR220-VCP124-A |
Summary
Are you anenthusiastic, motivated and committed Senior Pharmacy Technician? If so, we would like youto join our Pharmacy & Medicines Management Team? You will need to have the skills to be able to work within the wider multi-disciplinary teamof nurses, doctors and other allied healthcare professionals and managers. You will want to develop and improve the reliability and quality of the clinical pharmacy service. You will need to have specific experience working with pharmacy teams and patients within the hospital setting.Youwill want to reach targets set by the Trust and by the pharmacy service. Youmustbe self- motivated and able to motivate others.
You will lead a team ofpharmacy technicians and provide operational support where required. You will support the provision of clinical pharmacy service to community hospital wards, urgent treatment centres and patients being cared for in their home environment ensuring the delivery of safe and effective pharmacy service. You will have a particular role in implementing and monitoring the clinical pharmacy standards and working closely with the Chief and Associate Chief Pharmacist to identify service gaps. You will be responsible for areas of service and line management of pharmacy technicians. You will also be involved in working with the senior pharmacy colleagues in undertaking and developing audits and projects to evaluate and improve services in line with the department’s and trust priorities.
The postholder must be able to show leadership skills and be driven to improve the care of the communities we serve through medicines management.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out morehttps://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Collaborate with the pharmacy leadership to deliver safe, effective, innovative, and cost-efficient, value for money pharmacy services.
Develop and evaluate services to meet national standards and best practice guidelines e.g. CQC
Address governance issues to improve quality and safety across pharmacy services
Oversee technical pharmacy services, ensuring medication safety, timely delivery, and compliance with Trust policies
Manage stock to align with patient needs, ensuring efficiency and minimising waste in accordance with Trust processes and procedure
Lead policy, service development, and quality improvement initiatives within the pharmacy department
Implement systems to provide accurate information on medicines to patients and support seamless transfer of care
Line manage a team. Responsible for people management including staff recruitment, training, performance management, supporting staff development to maintain a skilled, high quality workforce
Conduct audits, monitor prescribing activity, and use data to support cost-saving and compliance measures
Represent the Chief and/or Associate Chief Pharmacist in regional and national forums, contributing to best practice and leadership within the organisation
To be a positive role model and provide a high-profile level of
leadership whilst empowering others to deliver their objectives
and goals
To be proficient in the resolution of problems conflicting with
service delivery, deal with complaints or concerns in line with
departmental, trust and national guidance
Lincolnshire Community Health Service requires all staff to
safeguard children, young people, and adults. All staff are
required to access the organisational policies, also the Local
Safeguarding Children Board and the Local Safeguarding
Adults Board policies and procedures that underpin the
safeguarding agenda. The safeguarding policies to be
followed are found at
www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk and www.lincolnshire.gov.uk .
LCHS policies, procedures, and guideline - It is a condition of
your employment that as an employee you are expected to
adhere to our policies, procedures, and guidelines. These can all
be found on the Trust’s website.
This advert closes on Sunday 6 Jul 2025