Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Manager

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

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Job summary

Assist the Procurement and Distribution (P&D) Team Leader in the following:

Safe, high quality patient centred Procurement and Distribution services (P&D). This includes all aspects of medicine storage, including medical gases, aligned with the guidance document "Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Distributors" and the Trust's Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (for medicines for human use) aka WDA(H).
The planning, development, monitoring, audit, evaluation and delivery of the P&D services across the Trust.
Ensuring that working practices meet requirements of medicines legislation as well as professional, local and national guidelines.
Implementing necessary changes, thereby ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive, high quality service.
Provide professional leadership and management of all aspects of P&D services for all staff members who work within the area. This includes pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pre-registration staff, trainee pharmacists and support workers.
Management of regional and national contracts and ensuring departmental compliance.
Ensuring that appropriate training is provided and documented for all staff working in the area.
Promote excellence within the P&D department and model behaviours of continuous learning and improvement to others.
Represent BHT at regional and national levels and participate in the wider strategic agenda for pharmacy technicians

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the comprehensive Job Description and Personal Specification for a full list of the main responsibilities and duties.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Date posted

03 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-SCS6280287-B

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville Hospital (with some cross site working)

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

HP218AL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the comprehensive Job Description and Personal Specification for a full list of the main responsibilities and duties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the comprehensive Job Description and Personal Specification for a full list of the main responsibilities and duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
First line management training or a management Qualification.
Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician

Desirable

Pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician assessor course/ Workplace Training supervisor
CIPS qualification

Experience

Essential

Hospital Pharmacy Experience
Experience in delivering a Procurement and Distribution service
Experience of line managing and following HR policies
Experience of day to day supervision and training

Desirable

Experience in change management

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

The ability to prioritise and manage own workload and that of the team.
Able to write and implement procedures.
Able to negotiate and work through difficult situations.
IT literate.
Good personal organisational skills and the ability to organise others.
Able to work as a team-leader.
Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
Able to use own initiative and work alone.
Ability to achieve targets
Able to recognise limits of competency and seek advice from colleagues
Able to identify areas where change is needed, embrace new ideas and with the support of senior colleagues implement change
To have experience in recruitment and retention of staff
Maintain professional competency & evidence of CPD

Special circumstance

Essential

Able to travel all sites within Trust and to venues for training
Weekend and Bank holiday working as per rota
Late duties as per rota

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
First line management training or a management Qualification.
Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician

Desirable

Pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician assessor course/ Workplace Training supervisor
CIPS qualification

Experience

Essential

Hospital Pharmacy Experience
Experience in delivering a Procurement and Distribution service
Experience of line managing and following HR policies
Experience of day to day supervision and training

Desirable

Experience in change management

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

The ability to prioritise and manage own workload and that of the team.
Able to write and implement procedures.
Able to negotiate and work through difficult situations.
IT literate.
Good personal organisational skills and the ability to organise others.
Able to work as a team-leader.
Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
Able to use own initiative and work alone.
Ability to achieve targets
Able to recognise limits of competency and seek advice from colleagues
Able to identify areas where change is needed, embrace new ideas and with the support of senior colleagues implement change
To have experience in recruitment and retention of staff
Maintain professional competency & evidence of CPD

Special circumstance

Essential

Able to travel all sites within Trust and to venues for training
Weekend and Bank holiday working as per rota
Late duties as per rota

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.