Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Procurement

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Cambridgeshire is seeking a Pharmacy Procurement & Supply Team Lead to oversee the supply chain at Peterborough City Hospital. This full-time permanent role involves managing procurement services, ensuring efficient medicines supplies, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Candidates should be registered pharmacy technicians with strong communication, management, and negotiation skills, dedicated to continuous professional development and supporting patient care.

Qualifications

• All applicants must be registered pharmacy technicians with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Strong management and leadership skills to oversee a large team.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage the local site delivery of pharmacy procurement and supply services.
• Ensure procurement follows Trust formulary processes.
• Monitor contract opportunities and maximise savings for the Trust.
• Lead and evaluate medicine supply services for purchasing and payment.
• Negotiate with suppliers for urgent medicines.
• Develop standard operating procedures for purchasing and supply.
• Deputise for the Purchasing & Logistics Manager.
• Manage day-to-day work of the procurement and supply team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Collaborative spirit

Digital literacy

Affability

Versatility

Education

Registered pharmacy technician

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our well established, friendly, and productive Pharmacy Procurement & Supply Team. You will lead our Pharmacy supply chain and stores services at our Peterborough City Hospital site, ensuring patients receive an uninterrupted and cost-effective medicines supply. You'll work closely with a large range of stakeholders from clinicians and pharmacists to suppliers and ICB partners, manage and develop a large team, implement regional contracting, and oversee substantial medicine spending.

Excellent communication skills and a collaborative spirit are essential. You will need to be affable, versatile, digitally literate, and committed to continuous professional development.

If you are passionate about supporting patients, continuous improvement, and keeping medicines flowing, this could be your ideal role.

All applicants must be registered pharmacy technicians with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

This is a full-time permanent post, requiring occasional participation in the weekend rota.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the local site delivery of pharmacy procurement and supply services, ensuring an uninterrupted supply of cost‑effective medicines within the Trust in liaison with the Purchasing & Logistics Manager.
• Ensure that all procurement for items for the Trust follows Trust formulary processes and Commercial Medicine Unit (CMU) contracts.
• Monitor future contract opportunities and maximise savings while limiting financial losses to the Trust.
• Lead, manage, deliver, develop and evaluate site medicine supply services for purchasing and payment of medicines obtained through pharmacy stores.
• Negotiate with suppliers to obtain urgent medicines to meet unforeseen demands, including investigating alternatives and relaying cost implications.
• Develop and manage standard operating procedures (SOPs) for purchasing and supply on the site, complying with Trust's Standing Financial Instructions, the Scheme of Delegation (SOD) and Wholesale Distribution requirements.
• Deputise for the Purchasing & Logistics Manager at departmental and regional meetings as appropriate.
• Manage the day‑to‑day work of the site procurement and supply technical team.