Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution Manager | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution Manager to lead the purchasing office at Royal Brompton Hospital, with flexible work across GSTT sites. You will oversee stock levels, ordering, invoicing, and IPC integration within the pharmacy team.

The role involves deputising for the Purchasing and Distribution Lead and coordinating with pharmacy staff to ensure efficient medicines management and supply on allocated wards.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing within a pharmacy setting.
• Ability to support and deputise for the Purchasing and Distribution Lead.

Responsibilities

• Manage the operational running of the Pharmacy Purchasing Office and allocate staff to workload.
• Ensure ordering and invoicing of pharmaceuticals, including medical and special gases, per Trust procedures.
• Maintain pharmacy office systems and equipment.

Skills

Purchasing

Stock management

Invoicing

IPC awareness

Job description

Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution Manager | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the pharmacy team at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals. This role and is based at Royal Brompton Hospital within our established, developed, and well-resourced pharmacy department. We are looking for a committed, highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who will contribute to our ongoing success. You will work as part of a friendly and supportive team of pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists.

This is a great opportunity for a person to work as the purchasing and distribution manager based at Royal Brompton Hospital. We are looking for either a pharmacy technician, pharmacy assistant or pharmacy administrator, who has experience in purchasing and ready to take on a senior role.

This post is based at the Royal Brompton Site, with a commitment to Harefield hospital and need to be able to work flexibly across all GSTT sites.

To manage the operational running of the Pharmacy Purchasing Office, ensuring that staff are allocated to respond to workload. To ensure ordering and invoicing of pharmaceuticals, including medical and special gases is undertaken according to Trust procedures and that office systems and equipment are maintained.

To deputise for the Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution Lead.

To be responsible for ensuring there is an efficient Pharmacy stock and medicines management service on assigned wards and ensuring the ward stock is correctly stored and stock rotated, liaising with pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and ward staff.

To manage the purchasing, supply and stock levels of medical and special gases.

To maintain Pharmacy computer files with current prices and contract details

To investigate purchasing and invoicing queries to a successful conclusion.

To provide support to the Harefield pharmacy distribution team site, ensuring procedures are followed, invoicing is up to date and queries are resolved in a timely way.

To ensure that infection prevention and control (IPC) is an integral part of service delivery.

If a pharmacy technician, support the dispensary as an accredited checking pharmacy technician.

This role is based at Royal Brompton Hospital but need to be able to work flexibly across all GSTT sites.

The Royal Brompton Hospital Pharmacy department is a friendly welcoming team, who support their staff.

We work closely with our counterparts at Harefield Hospital Pharmacy, to ensure our patients get the best possible treatment for their lung and heart conditions.

Our core values are:

Please see attached job description for a more comprehensive overview of role requirements and responsibilities.

This advert closes on Thursday 5 Nov 2026