Senior Pharmacy Procurement Technician

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Pharmacy Technician to work in the Pharmacy Procurement and invoicing terms.

This is a newly created role to assist in the procurement of pharmaceuticals, contrast media, enteral feeds and medical gases for our hospital sites and external customers.

To be involved in developing and delivering pharmacy ward stock services and external supplies. To be involved in the production and review of new and outstanding Standard Operating Procedures relating to and which include purchasing, stores and invoicing.

Providing support for complex procurement issues to Hampshire Hospitals Commercial Services.

Main duties of the job

To support the Pharmacy Procurement and Medicines Optimisation Manager in leading, developing, delivering and evaluating the distribution of medications and other items for the Pharmacy business unit, to both internal and external customers, with responsibility for business planning and staff management in line with pharmacy service level agreements and objectives set by the Associate Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation.. To assist and develop the safe and efficient running of the Pharmacy procurement and invoicing departments with support from a senior pharmacist.

To follow legal, ethical, professional and employers codes of conduct and be aware of and apply relevant legislation (Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act)

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.