Pharmacy Technician – Medicines Procurement and Distribution

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in Wolverhampton seeks a motivated individual for a pharmacy procurement role. You'll work across various pharmacy functions and play a key role in team leadership, supporting the development of staff and enhancing procurement processes. Ideal candidates will display leadership qualities and effective time management. Join us in improving patient care quality and solving future healthcare challenges.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate qualities of leadership.
• Effective time management skills required.
• Experience in pharmacy procurement preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Principal Pharmacist and Senior technicians.
• Rotate between specialist areas in pharmacy procurement.
• Support training of pharmacy procurement staff.
• Assist in development of standard operating procedures.
• Capture and report relevant KPI’s.

Skills

Leadership

Project implementation

Effective time management

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team who are developing new ways of working, efficiencies and digital solutions to Pharmacy procurement and distribution.

This role will give you the opportunity to work across all areas of pharmacy procurement and distribution including:

• Procurement
• ward distribution
• pharmacy stores
• prep services
• homecare and high cost drugs

The successful candidate will demonstrate qualities of leadership, project implementation and effective time management skills.

The key responsibilities of this role include:

• To work in partnership with the Principal Pharmacist, Chief Technician and Senior technicians within Pharmacy medicines procurement and distribution teams providing a high-quality service
• To rotate between the specialist areas of pharmacy procurement and distribution including pharmacy stores, ward distribution, procurement and homecare/high cost drugs
• Provide support to prep services where appropriate
• To co-ordinate the workload and supervise activities day-to-day
• To assist in the development and implementation of standard operating procedures ensuring they are fit for purpose and in date at all times
• To support and supervise the training of staff working within the pharmacy procurement and distribution team
• To train, monitor and develop the role of an Assistant Technical Officer and to identify any training needs within the pharmacy procurement and distribution teams
• To support the capturing and reporting of relevant KPI’s across all pharmacy procurement and distribution activities
• Proactively support service development and quality improvement projects within the pharmacy procurement and distribution team and the wider pharmacy team
• Undertake regular dispensary-based core duties such as dispensing and accuracy checking in line with the agreed rota and needs of the service
• To work in accordance with Trust policies and pharmacy local procedures

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. We are committed to creating a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.