Specialist Governance Pharmacy Technician inLiverpool inLiverpool PUBLISHED
FRI 10 JAN 2025
The Specialist Governance Pharmacy Technician will work collaboratively with various teams to foster awareness of medicine management issues, oversee robust systems for managing safety incidents, and contribute to the review and implementation of clinical guidelines. This position offers an opportunity to make a substantial impact on medication safety and governance within a reputable children's hospital.
Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a stand alone paediatric hospital located on the outskirts of Liverpool with a national reputation for excellence. A dedicated team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians provide pharmacy services to a wide range of paediatric surgical and medical specialties. The pharmacy team are dynamic, innovative, caring, compassionate and work well together.
We have a new, exciting opportunity for an experienced GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician to take up a full time position of Specialist Governance Pharmacy Technician.
You will join our well-established, committed and friendly Medication Safety and Governance teamsupport the development and delivery of robust procedures to ensure safe use of medicines for our patients both within the Pharmacy and in the wider Trust.
Job Summary
- Pro-actively identify safety/governance/risk management issues relating to medicine management.
- Support the pharmacy department in the achievement of the regulatory medicines management standards
- Communicate effectively with a wide range of staff to ensure awareness of relevant medicines management issues
- Provide quality assurance and maintain robust systems for medicines safety incident management within the department and Trust wide, including proactive management of intelligence regarding near miss incidents reported
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- Develop education and training materials and support delivery of training to increase the capability of staff workforce both within pharmacy and the widerorganisation
- Design, undertake and support the implementation of actions and tests of change arising from audit and research and ensure monitoring is in place to completion/impact assessment.
- Provide expert input to quality improvement project teams to support the medication safety and governance agenda across the Trust
- Support the regular review and implementation of therapeutic/clinical guidelines and Medicines Management Code.
- Support audit and evaluation of new drug applications to the Clinical Development and Evaluation Group (CDEG).
- Support the delivery of training of pharmacists and technicians (pre and post registration) in medication safety and governance.
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