Principal Pharmacy Technician, Medicines Management and Supply

• Lead and manage the Trust's medicines management and supply services, ensuring safe, effective, and efficient operations.
• Leadership and line management to Pharmacy Technicians, and Assistants, including recruitment, appraisal, performance management, and workforce planning.
• Ensure medicines are stored, supplied, and managed safely in compliance with medicines legislation, and Trust policies.
• Develop and improve medicines services through service redesign, quality improvement initiatives, audits, and implementation of best practice.
• Monitor performance, establish operational standards, and use data, audits, and feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Lead the development and deployment of the pharmacy technical workforce, supporting training, competency assessment, professional development, and succession planning.
• Support the implementation and optimisation of pharmacy systems, digital solutions, and new technologies.
• Manage operational risks, investigate incidents, undertake risk assessments, and contribute to governance, assurance, and audit.
• Contribute to business planning, strategic development, service sustainability, and the ongoing advancement of pharmacy technician practice across the Trust.

Essential

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Educated to postgraduate level or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Significant post-qualification experience within hospital pharmacy services, including medicines management.
• Experience of staff management, including recruitment, appraisal, attendance management, and performance management.
• Experience of workforce planning, rota management, and service delivery.

Desirable

• Formal management, leadership, or supervisory qualification

Essential

• Works collaboratively and effectively within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Able to respond positively to change and support new ways of working.
• Demonstrates resilience and works effectively under pressure.
• Professional, approachable, and able to build positive working relationships with staff, patients, and carers.

Essential

• Ability to lead, organise and prioritise the work of self and others.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex information effectively to a range of audiences.
• Ability to support service improvement and continuous development.
• Competent in the use of digital systems, databases and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to analyse information, solve problems and make informed decisions.