Lead Pharmacy Support Worker Procurement, Distribution & Stores

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible and agile working

NHS benefits: annual leave, pension, &

Health and wellbeing services

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a coordinated and proactive post holder to manage the procurement, storage and distribution of medicines and medical devices across the trust. You will supervise pharmacy support staff, plan workloads, and support recruitment and training to continually improve patient care.

Responsibilities include ensuring timely access to medicines, maintaining high safety standards, and contributing to departmental KPIs and quality improvements within a NHS

Responsibilities

• Coordinate procurement, storage and distribution of medicines and medical devices.
• Supervise pharmacy support staff and manage rotas, sickness and annual leave.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and departmental standards.
• Support delivery of KPIs and quality improvement initiatives.
• Use pharmacy computer systems to support purchasing and stock control.

Job description

Company:

Company: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust

A Vacancy at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

The post holder is responsible for coordinating the safe, efficient and cost-effective procurement, storage and distribution of medicines and medical devices across Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Working under the supervision of senior pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, they will support the delivery of high-quality patient care by ensuring medicines are available when and where required. The role includes operational management of pharmacy support staff, workforce planning, performance monitoring, training and service development activities.

The post holder will ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and departmental standards, contribute to quality improvement initiatives, investigations and audits, and support the continuous development of pharmacy services to maintain safe, effective and patient‑centred care.

The post holder will coordinate the safe, efficient and cost-effective procurement, storage and distribution of medicines and medical devices across Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, ensuring patients and clinical areas have timely access to medicines. They will use pharmacy computer systems to support purchasing, stock control and distribution activities, maintaining high standards of accuracy and patient safety.

The role includes supervising pharmacy support staff, allocating workloads, producing rotas, managing sickness and annual leave, supporting recruitment and training, and contributing to delivery of departmental KPIs. The post holder will prioritise workloads, resolve medicine supply issues, communicate shortages to stakeholders and escalate concerns as required.

They will ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and departmental requirements, contribute to audits, incident investigations, SOP reviews and quality improvement initiatives, and support the ongoing development of safe, effective and patient‑centred pharmacy services.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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This advert closes on Sunday 15 Nov 2026

£25,272 per annum pro rata for part time

£25,272 per annum (pro rata for part time)