Pharmacy Homecare and Procurement Technician | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Registered Pharmacy Technician to assist with homecare and pharmacy procurement. The role involves managing contracts, purchasing medications, and processing prescriptions in a patient-focused department. Suitable candidates will have extensive hospital pharmacy experience and a background in homecare procurement. Strong communication skills and the ability to meet deadlines are essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of hospital pharmacy is required.
• Ideally has a background in homecare and pharmacy procurement.
• Experience in financial work and resolving financial issues is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist with reviewing existing pharmacy contracts and building new contracts.
• Support day-to-day purchasing of medications and coordinate medication shortages.
• Manage KPI reports and homecare prescriptions processing.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Initiative

Accurate data analysis

Good IT skills (Excel)

Job description

Job Overview

Are you a Registered Pharmacy Technician looking to move into homecare and pharmacy procurement and wish to further develop your professional leadership and procurement skills? If you are looking for an exciting Technician role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, improve the health and well‑being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Responsibilities

The main focus of the role at the outset will be to work within the pharmacy homecare team assisting with reviewing existing contracts and building new contracts and frameworks, updating script templates, managing KPI reports, managing switches to generic medicines and processing homecare prescriptions.

The role will also involve working with the pharmacy procurement team, assisting in the day‑to‑day purchasing of medications for the Trust, contacting suppliers, helping to coordinate medication shortages, running reports as requested and proactively helping with stock control issues.

Qualifications and Experience

We are looking for a highly capable, enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician with extensive experience of hospital pharmacy to join our friendly Pharmacy Team. The post involves working in a patient‑focused department, supported by skilled colleagues.

The post would ideally suit those with a background in homecare and pharmacy procurement, with good communication skills and initiative and the ability to work accurately whilst meeting deadlines.

Relevant experience is desirable including experience of financial work, the ability to perform accurate data analysis and reporting and the ability to resolve financial queries and problems. A good knowledge of IT is desirable, preferably excel.

Location and Facilities

The Broomfield Hospital site has recently undergone a major upgrade within the Pharmacy. We have a state‑of‑the‑art Omnicell automated dispensing robot and a brand new built Omnicell CD cabinet.