Pharmacy Homecare and Procurement Technician

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Essex is seeking a motivated Pharmacy Technician to enhance their homecare and pharmacy procurement efforts. The successful candidate will join a supportive pharmacy team and will play a critical role in reviewing contracts and managing medication purchases. Applicants should have substantial hospital pharmacy experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to resolve financial issues. This position offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to patient care and pharmacy operations in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in hospital pharmacy is required.
• Experience in financial work and resolving financial queries is desirable.
• Ability to work accurately under deadlines is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist the pharmacy homecare team with reviewing and building contracts.
• Work with the pharmacy procurement team for medication purchases and reporting.
• Coordinate with suppliers and assist with medication shortages.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Initiative

Data analysis skills

IT knowledge, especially Excel

Job description

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?

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.

This 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.

If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today!

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.

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.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to 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.

If you are looking for an exciting Technician role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026