Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Manager

Grade: Band 6

Ward/Dept: Procurement & Distribution

Trust: Buckingham Healthcare NHS Trust

Location: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury HP21 8AL

Hours: Full-Time Mon-Fri- 37.5 hours per week

Pay rate: £21.80 per hour.

Are you passionate and experienced in providing a quality service to our patients and colleagues? Would you like to be part of a highly qualified team providing support for patients working in an integrated hospital and community service? If so, we would like to hear from you today!

Working in Buckinghamshire, you will be part of a 6,000-person team of highly trained clinical staff, working with a Trust whose goal is to Collaborate with each other, aspire to be the best, respect everyone, and enable people to take responsibility. They care for a population of 500,000 patients across their 3 hospital sites, local bases, and the community. Their stroke service is one of the best in the region, and are a centre for burns and plastics, along with a world famous National Spinal Injuries Centre.

An excellent opportunity has risen for a Band 6 Pharmacy Technician Manager to join our Procurement and Distribution team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

Responsibilities include:

Assist the Procurement And Distribution Team Leader in managing the Procurement and Distribution (P&D) service within the pharmacy department and acting as line manager to the Specialist Pharmacy Technician for Procurement & Distribution and Higher-Level Technicians.

Ensuring a safe, high quality patient centred P&D service.

Planning, development, monitoring, audit, evaluation, and delivery of the P&D service across the Trust.

Management of regional and national contracts, ensuring departmental compliance.

Ensuring that appropriate training is provided for all staff working in the area and complete training records are available and maintained.

Participating in the wider strategic agenda for pharmacy technicians.

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

Registered Pharmacy Technician: Member of General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level

Able to prioritise and manage own workload

Work, communicate and provide effective leadership within a team

Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers and to ensure records are kept accurately and in a legible manner

To have a positive attitude

Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development.

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

• Relevant Qualifiactions
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

Who are NHS Professionals?

If a hospital cannot supply staff on a ward or area, due to increased demand, sickness, or common staff shortages, they need to call upon Bank staff. NHS Professionals works with Trusts to develop a Bank of highly skilled workers who want to work flexibly with the NHS.

Why NHS Professionals?

We value your skills, dedication, and commitment in supporting your local Trust and the NHS. We believe together we continue to deliver world-class healthcare service to our patients.

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -

Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!

First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England

Dedicated consultants

Flexible working options

Free DBS and free training

Build holiday allowance.

Support when you need it 24/7 365 days Call us anytime on 03332 407552

Stakeholder pension scheme

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Pharmacy Technician: Member of General Pharmaceutical Council
• Experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Nhs Trust

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP21 8AL

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)