Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking a Dispensary Manager Pharmacy Technician to provide professional and operational leadership within the Acute Hospital setting.
This key role involves responsibility for the day-to-day management and effective delivery of a safe, accurate and efficient dispensary service, supporting medicines optimisation and continuous service improvement in line with NHS and Trust objectives. Working closely with pharmacy colleagues and multidisciplinary teams, you will lead, develop and support dispensary staff, oversee workforce planning and performance, manage complex operational issues, and contribute to Pharmacy Board reporting and service development.
You will undertake final accuracy checking as an Accredited Checking Technician (ACT), ensure compliance with legal, professional and governance standards (including Controlled Drugs), and use performance data and quality improvement methods to drive efficiency and patient safety.
We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician with significant acute hospital experience, proven people management skills, strong clinical and operational knowledge, and a commitment to compassionate leadership and excellence in patient care.
MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB
- To act as the operational lead for the Dispensary, with responsibility for the day-to-day management and effective delivery of Dispensary services.
- To ensure the provision of a safe, accurate, efficient and cost-effective Dispensary service in line with Trust objectives, NHS service improvement principles and modernisation initiatives.
- To provide visible operational leadership to the Dispensary team, promoting a positive, supportive and inclusive working culture.
- To manage workforce deployment and service continuity during unplanned events, escalating risks and issues appropriately and supporting the resolution of complex operational challenges.
- To contribute to the development, review and implementation of local policies, procedures and standard operating procedures in line with GPhC and Royal Pharmaceutical Society standards and Trust governance requirements recognising impact on wider clinical services.
- To manage the performance, conduct and development of dispensary staff, including Pharmacy Technicians, Assistants and operational oversight of Pharmacists working within the Dispensary (while recognising professional accountability frameworks).
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT , George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust .
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “ The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential. ”
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.
