Lead Pharmacy Technician – Procurement

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Pharmacy Technician to join their procurement team. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills in a dynamic environment, supporting the management of medicine procurement and stock control. You will collaborate with experienced professionals, ensuring efficient operations while contributing to the health and wellbeing of the community. With a commitment to diversity and personal development, this position promises a fulfilling career path in a supportive atmosphere. If you are passionate about pharmacy and eager to make a difference, this is the role for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital pharmacy and managing staff.
• Knowledge of procurement processes and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support management of medicine shortages and provide guidance.
• Ensure safe and cost-efficient purchasing of medicines.

Skills

Pharmaceutical Services

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Negotiation Skills

Education

BTEC, City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services

General Pharmaceutical Council Registered Pharmacy Technician

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Spreadsheets

Databases

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Main area Pharmacy Technician Grade Band 5 Contract 9 months (Fixed Term/Secondment) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Part time considered) Job ref 164-7166123

Site QMC Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Town Nottingham Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

We have a fantastic fixed term/secondment opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced pharmacy technician, to join our pharmacy procurement team at one of the largest and busiest tertiary referral teaching trusts in the country. This role sits within the pharmacy procurement team and has additional duties within pharmacy stores across NUH, working closely with both teams to support safe and effective stock control through appropriate procurement activities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy technician to gain knowledge and skills within pharmacy procurement. You will work closely alongside a team of experienced technical staff to maintain and develop a high standard of medicines procurement at NUH.

Main duties of the job

Under the leadership and direction of the Advanced Technician – Procurement, Purchasing and formulary support the main duties for this role includes:

To support the management and communication of medicine shortages and supply problems and provide guidance and technical advice to purchasing staff, to include the sourcing of acceptable alternatives.

To support the timely and safe local implementation of regional and national medicines procurement contracts to involve consideration of risks, stock management and financial issues.

To support effective stock control through appropriate procurement within the Pharmacy department to minimise stock value and prevent accumulation of expired stock whilst maintaining acceptable levels of availability and associated workload.

To provide technical support to the pharmacy finance/purchasing function to ensure safe, appropriate and cost-efficient purchasing of medicine.

• To provide support to the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) processes via the Chief Technician – Procurement and Formulary Support

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You'll find a full overview of the duties of Pharmacy Lead Technician - Procurement within the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• BTEC, City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services, or recognised equivalent
• General Pharmaceutical Council Registered Pharmacy Technician.
• To be a validated accuracy checker

Experience

• Substantial hospital pharmacy experience
• Relevant experience in a senior technician role responsible for managing staff, services or resources
• Knowledge and/or previous experience relating to procurement processes
• Experience of handling, analysing and reporting complex data

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills - written and verbal
• Excellent attention to detail, even when working under pressure or to a deadline
• Good communication skills with with multi-disciplinary team members.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Ability to work alone and assist in the decision making process of changes.

Planning and Organisation Skills

• Good organisational skills – able to prioritise, direct, coordinate and motivate others
• Flexibility to deal with competing demands and interruptions
• Proven effective time-management – having a planned and logical approach and the ability to work to deadlines, even when under pressure
• Evidence of project management

Physical skills

• Competent in using spreadsheets and databases
• Ability to work at a desk with ICT equipment for prolonged periods of time.
• Advanced skills in utilising Microsoft Excel

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Jess Thacker Job title Advanced Technician-Procurement and Purchasing Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07812268733 Additional information

Please feel free to contact myself or a member of the NUH pharmacy procurement team ([e-mail]) to discuss this post in more detail.