Pharmacy Technician – Medicines Procurement and Distribution | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Wolverhampton is seeking a Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Lead to join their dynamic team. You will oversee pharmacy procurement and distribution, ensuring high-quality service and support staff training. The ideal candidate should possess leadership qualities, effective time management skills, and experience in project implementation. Flexible working arrangements are supported.

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacy procurement and distribution.
• Capability to develop and implement standard operating procedures.
• Supervision and training skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with pharmacy staff to provide high-quality service.
• Rotate between specialist areas of pharmacy.
• Assist in the development of standard operating procedures.
• Supervise staff training.
• Support service development and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership qualities

Project implementation experience

Effective time management skills

Ability to work in partnership with senior pharmacy staff

Supervise and train colleagues

Experience in KPI capture and reporting

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team developing new ways of working, efficiencies and digital solutions to Pharmacy procurement and distribution. This role offers the opportunity to work across all areas of pharmacy procurement and distribution including procurement, ward distribution, pharmacy stores, prep services and homecare and high-cost drugs.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with the Principal Pharmacist, Chief Technician and Senior Technicians within Pharmacy medicines procurement and distribution teams to provide a high-quality service.
• 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.
• Coordinate the workload and supervise activities day-to-day.
• Assist in the development and implementation of standard operating procedures, ensuring they are fit for purpose and in date at all times.
• Support and supervise the training of staff working within the pharmacy procurement and distribution team.
• Train, monitor and develop the role of an Assistant Technical Officer and identify training needs within the pharmacy procurement and distribution teams.
• 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.
• Work in accordance with Trust policies and pharmacy local procedures.

Qualifications and Skills

• Leadership qualities, project implementation experience and effective time management skills.
• Ability to work in partnership with senior pharmacy staff and to supervise and train colleagues.
• Capability to develop and implement standard operating procedures and to identify training needs.
• Experience in KPI capture and reporting within pharmacy procurement and distribution functions.

About the Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services. We are proud of the diversity of our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that helps us fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve healthcare problems of tomorrow. We value diversity of thinking and lived experience to enable us to become a learning organisation and to deliver compassionate care for our patients.

We have been rated as “Good” by CQC and have received awards including The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust supports flexible working arrangements and will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for full details of role and main responsibilities.

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025.