Main duties of the job

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Trust Values

Essential criteria

Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust World Class Values:

Qualifications

Essential criteria

- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable criteria

Post graduate Diploma / Masters in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
Formal management and / or leadership qualification.
Willingness to undertake further training to advance skills and knowledge

Experience

Essential criteria

- Relevant and proven hospital pharmacy manufacturing experience or relevant experience in a production unit.
- Manging staff in a hospital environment.
- Change management.
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Investigating incidents and managing risks
- Leading and developing a team/service.
- Proven competence of supervising staff and workload on a day to day basis.
- Demonstrate evidence of project management and human resource management.

Desirable criteria

Previous experience of working in a licenced production unit.
Knowledge of the pharmacy stock management system e.g. JAC.
Attending service group meetings.

Skills /Aptitudes (Non-Technical)

Essential criteria

- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise with multidisciplinary team (MDT) members.
- Evidence of working well in a team.
- Ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team.
- Ability to train and assess others.
- Ability to demonstrate self motivation.
- Evidence of commitment to patient /customer care intiatives.
- Knowledge and understanding of quality issues.
- Computer Literacy (eg: Microsoft Word and Outlook).
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, have a logical approach to problem solving and to form and maintain good working relationships.

Desirable criteria

Well developed customer relations skills.
Ability to deliver MDT training.

Skills /Aptitudes (Technical)

Essential criteria

- Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex documents.
- Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures.
- Demonstrated knowledge of aspects of GMP and QA system, including principles of validation.
- Demonstrate ability to reliably check input and record data and to identify discrepancies.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain quality standards.
- Ability to critically appraise national initiatives in the profession and their influences on service delivery.

Desirable criteria

Project / service development work.

Personal Qualities/ attributes

Essential criteria

- Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others.
- High standards of personal discipline, professionalism and leadership.
- Have a responsible, dependable and honest character.
- Be self-motivated and committed to continuous improvement.
- Flexibility to work at shift patterns, weekends and Bank Holidays as necessary to meet service demands.
- Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
- Professional behaviour and credibility always maintained.
- Enthusiasm and commitment to the specialist role.
- Enthusiasm to developing innovative approaches to service delivery and quality improvements.
- Patient focused with a strong commitment to providing a high quality care and a positive experience.
- Positive attitude to change processes and service transformation.

Covid-19 Vaccination

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK. Please Note: We are unable to sponsor Band 2 to 4 as the salary does not meet the UKVI Points Based system threshold.
If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note:

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

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