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Job overview

Are you a skilled and passionate Pharmacy Technician looking for an exciting new opportunity? We are in the fortunate position to be able to offer 2 Band 6 Deputy Lead Medicines Management Technician positions, one based at our North Hampshire site in Basingstoke and one based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester.   You would be joining our innovative and progressive Hampshire Hospitals Pharmacy team. This is a unique role in which you can develop your specialist skillset and advance your leadership skills.

• Working alongside the Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager you will share responsibility for planning the day-to-day running of the  Medicines management service to the wards.
• You will spend time in a patient facing role working on inpatient wards to support the delivery of a range of clinical services.
• You will support the planning and delivery of training to the Medicines management team as we look to develop their clinical skills as well as our wider training responsibilities.
• The successful candidate will be provided with the support of a well-established team, opportunities to develop and embed their careers, and to make a difference to patients’ lives.

Main duties of the job

• To develop, deliver and evaluate the Clinical Pharmacy Service provided to the wards  with responsibility for business planning and staff management in line with pharmacy service level agreements and objectives set by the Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy Manager & Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager.
• To manage staff to ensure the effective operation of the Services provided to the Clinical service.
• To ensure that the highest standards of clinical care are continuously delivered.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.