Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Job title:
Pharmacy Technician Educator – Senior Pharmacy Technician Educator
Company
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Job description
Job Title: Pharmacy Technician Educator/ Senior Pharmacy Technician Educator
Reporting To: Head of the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences or nominee
Location: 2nd Floor 121 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
School (or department): School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
Contract type/duration: Temporary 5 year fixed term contract (Full time)
Closing date for applications: 13th March 2024
Interview date: End of March
RCSI is a community of academic, research and professional staff working collaboratively to lead the world to better health. Here, you will thrive in an innovative and inclusive atmosphere and your personal development and wellbeing will be supported. We invite you to join us to help deliver on our exciting mission “To educate, nurture and discover for the benefit of human health”. We seek candidates whose experience to date has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to the “Race Equality Action Plan 2021-2024” at RCSI. Our students come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our university stronger and ensures we hire the best talent.
For each of the last six years, RCSI has been positioned in the Top 250 of universities worldwide and ranked No 1 in the World by Times Higher Education for our contribution to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal Number 3 ‘Good Health and Well-being’. This reflects our commitment to supporting people of all ages to live healthy lives and our work to promote the concepts of well-being and positive health. Our values of Respect, Collaboration, Scholarship and Innovation continue to unite and direct our purpose.
Objective of this post:
The objectives of this post are to:
- Contribute to the design, development and delivery of the School’s educational programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- Work alongside academic staff, teacher-practitioners and the technical team to ensure an authentic learning experience for students, including management of medicines related supplies and provision of technical support.
RCSI is seeking a professional who is passionate about educating, who would like to contribute to working as part of a team in a multicultural environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate energy, initiative and excellent organisation and communication skills.
Specific Responsibilities include:
Teaching:
- Assisting in the development, preparation, delivery and assessment of teaching material in the broad areas of pharmacy including pharmacy practice, clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutics
- Teaching patient-centred care skills (including Self-care, responding to symptoms and dispensing skills), aseptic and extemporaneous compounding skills, and other relevant teaching
- Providing technical support for preparation, set-up and take down of the School’s teaching practicals
- Preparing material for authentic teaching and assessment, such as simulations and OSCEs
- Participating in the delivery of our teaching and learning strategy including the effective use of technology-enhanced learning
- Exploring and developing technology-enhanced learning for teaching patient-centred care skills, aseptic and extemporaneous compounding skills, and other relevant teaching
- Utilising a student-centred approach to all duties so as to ensure optimal educational outcomes
- Ensuring that the medicines in the School are efficiently and cost-effectively procured, safely stored, managed and disposed of appropriately, in accordance with contemporary pharmacy practice guidance
- Ensuring efficient and cost-effective procurement, maintenance and stock control of other equipment and consumables including information technology requirements
Research:
- Working alongside the technical team to support research activities, as required
Service:
- Assisting in the development and co-ordination of school outreach activities
- Participating in student recruitment activities
- Providing training and/or inductions for students and staff members
- Complying with statutory legislation and departmental rules and requirements in furtherance of your own, staff and student welfare and safety
- Promoting the best interests of RCSI at all times, enhancing the School’s reputation in both pharmacy practice research and education
- Performing such other duties as may be required from time to time
Person Specification Essential:
- Has a relevant qualification such as The Pharmaceutical Technician Diploma awarded by the University of Dublin, or a Pharmacy Technician Qualification (NFQ Level 6) awarded by an Institute of Technology, or the Pharmacy Services Certificate (NVQ Level 3) offered by the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, or an equivalent qualification
- Has significant experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician / Senior Pharmacy Technician
- Has good knowledge of medicines (names, forms, manufacturers, basic therapeutics), pharmacy legislation and reimbursement schemes in Ireland
- Has the ability to design and delivery effective education
- Enthusiasm for your specialist teaching area and the ability to engage your students to successfully transfer this passion and learning
- An ability to continuously adapt and innovate teaching methods to ensure students’ full understanding
- Is highly computer/IT literate
- Has good organisational and administrative skills
- Has excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as a member of a team,
- Has the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
- Requires minimum direction to effectively deliver on assigned functions, and demonstrates a positive, student-centred and solution focused approach to addressing challenges and ambiguity
- Has flexibility to work irregular hours on occasion
- The successful candidates core values and behaviours should demonstrate:
General Competencies Leadership competencies
Student and customer service Vision
Scholarship and excellence Leadership and respect
Collegiality and professionalism People Development
Innovation and flexibility Student and customer service
Planning and organising Excellence and Scholarship
Person Specification Desirable:
- Experience in hospital pharmacy, compounding and aseptics would be an advantage
- Experience of providing education or training would be an advantage
We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic candidates putting themselves forward, so please do apply – we would love to hear from you.
The Process:
Interview and presentation
Shortlisted candidates may will be invited for a formal online competence-based interview and presentation.
Particulars of Post
This post is a full time permanent position. The appointee will report to the Head of Department or nominee.
Informal Enquiries:
Informal enquiries are invited in the first instance through Rebecca O’Brien, Human Resources Department (email: [email protected] ). All applications for this post must be made through the career’s webpage www.rcsi/careers . Rebecca can arrange for relevant queries on the academic aspects of the role to be addressed by the hiring manager.
Expected salary
Location
Southside Dublin
Job date
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 23:51:03 GMT
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