Lead Pharmacy Technician - Stores and Distribution

NHS Jobs; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Lead Pharmacy Technician to manage stores and distribution, supervise staff, and ensure stock accuracy and safety across wards and clinics.

You will oversee Omnicell systems, conduct top-up checks, monitor temperatures, and maintain audit trails while coordinating with procurement and ward teams to resolve stock issues and ensure timely replenishment.

Responsibilities

• Manage staff and activities in Pharmacy stores and coordinate with Senior Stores Assistant.
• Monitor temperatures and correct storage of fridge items, cytotoxic medicines, etc.
• Maintain a full audit trail for stock supplied to wards and identify who picked, checked, delivered, and received.
• Liaise with ward Pharmacists and ward-based Pharmacy Technicians to keep ward stock lists up to date.
• Ensure expiry date checks are carried out continuously and before stocks are sent to wards.
• Supervise disposal of stock drugs returned from wards and departments.
• Oversee Omnicell machines and assist with new Omnicell implementations; process orders accurately and timely.
• Carry out top-up spot checks, retrain staff when needed, and formally manage when quality fails.
• Write, review and implement written procedures; ensure staff read and understand updates.
• Coordinate daily stock checks (KADJM) and investigate stock discrepancies to maintain accurate levels.
• Monitor stock to-follows or out-of-stock medicines and liaise with procurement for quick substitutions.
• Lead weekly stores area meetings to communicate workload and service updates.

Job description

Lead Pharmacy Technician - Stores and Distribution

To manage all staff and activities in Pharmacy stores, in conjunction with the Senior Stores Assistant to ensure that work is completed accurately, promptly and in order of priority, addressing issues with individuals as they arise. To manage the stock in the Pharmacy stores area and ensure that it is stored correctly, including monitoring of temperatures and correct storage of fridge items, cytotoxic medicines etc. To ensure a full audit trail is maintained for the supply of stock to wards, ensuring easy identification of the person that picked, checked, delivered and received. To liaise with Trust wards and departments and other external customers regarding any stock problems. Ensure that ward and department stock lists are kept up to date by co-ordinating stock list reviews for all wards and clinical areas, including liaising with ward Pharmacists and ward based Pharmacy Technicians. To ensure that expiry date checks are carried out in stores and on the wards and clinics on a continuous rolling basis as part of the top-up process, and ensure that expiry date checks occur before stocks are sent to the wards. Systems and procedures for documenting this must be maintained. To supervise and maintain the safe processing, assessment and re-use or disposal of stock drugs returned from wards and departments. To ensure the timely replenishment of stock items in the Emergency Medicines room to ensure an out of hours supply of critical medicines is maintained. To work with the Senior Technician team to manage the current Omnicell machines and to assist with the implementation of new Omnicell machines within the Trust. To ensure that orders from Omnicell from various wards and departments are processed accurately, and in a timely manner, and delivered securely. To carry out regular top-up spot check assessments in order to confirm the quality of the service, ensuring staff are retrained where appropriate and formally managed when quality fails to improve despite support and training. To be responsible for writing, reviewing and implementing written procedures and to ensure that all staff in the area have read and understand any new or updated procedures. To co-ordinate daily stock checks (KADJM) and investigates any stock discrepancies in line with department procedures in order to maintain accurate stock levels. To monitor stock to-follows or lack or out of stock medicines required for ward top-ups and liaise regularly with procurement staff to ensure alternatives are supplied as quickly as possible. To lead weekly meeting within the stores area to communicate workload, performance, service updates and issues to all staff working in the area. To work with the Clinical Trials Pharmacist to co-ordinate the safe and accurate operation of clinical trials within the department, which involves the receipt, correct storage, dispensing processes and administration duties involved, and to ensure that other dispensing staff are kept up to date with training. To implement planned service developments effectively, and communicate to staff. To final accuracy check dispensed prescriptions in accordance with departmental procedures To dispense prescriptions accurately according to safe working practices. To participate in the audit, returns and destruction of Controlled drugs in line with the relevant legislation and Trust procedures. To participate in the dispensing process of all prescriptions accurately according to safe working practices and departmental procedures, including; inpatient, outpatient, discharge prescriptions, Controlled drugs and Clinical trials.To ensure all staff comply with safe working regulations including wearing PPE/protective clothing where appropriate, and that that a safe, clean and tidy working environment is maintained. To participate in / lead other relevant department meetings and contribute to positive and effective communication within the department.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust