Are you ready to take the next step in Pharmacy leadership? We are looking for a Registered Pharmacy Technician who is highly capable, motivated and ambitious to contribute to the safe and effective purchase of medicines and the management of the Pharmacy Stores Team.

You will be part of a dedicated team, committed to improving patient care through effective medicines procurement and supply. You must have extensive experience of hospital Pharmacy within the Stores and Procurement setting or previous experience of managing a dynamic team.

Your leadership skills and expertise will help to shape the future of the purchasing and supply function of the store to include automation and service improvement. To help us achieve this, you must be able to demonstrate core leadership and organisational skills as well as the ability to inspire and motivate others in the team.

We strive to develop the knowledge and skills of our workforce to enable them to advance personally and professionally and this is that ideal career development opportunity! Therefore, recruiting the best talent to fulfil this role is key.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for ensuring delivery of the operations and logistics of the purchasing, invoicing, stores and distribution services of the pharmacy department.
• Lead, develop and maintain a working environment which encourages team work, mutual support and excellence in service delivery and reduces risks to a minimum.
• Responsible for driving operational efficiencies within the pharmacy purchasing, invoicing, stores and distribution services.
• Ensure the correct information is input with regard medicine contracts onto the pharmacy computer systems to ensure the Trust is purchasing the correct contract line from the correct supplier at the correct contract price.
• Assist in ensuring the Pharmacy Stores and Distribution service and all the staff who work in those areas comply with the terms of the Wholesaler dealers' license granted by the MHRA / Good Distribution Practice.
• Ensures all standard operating procedures reflect current practice, are maintained and updated as appropriate in line with governance requirements, and are implemented.

About us

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th July 2024.

Interviews are due to be held on 5th August 2024.

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Minimum qualification NVQ3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Science or CGLI/Apothecaries Hall pre 1985 certificates or equivalent.
• Post graduate certificate in Purchasing or management or a related area or a portfolio demonstrating equivalent through experience and relevant short courses taught at postgraduate level.

Desirable

• Association of Pharmacy Technicians (APTUK).
• PRINCE 2 or formal project management qualification.
• Recruitment and selection training.
• Performance management training.

Experience

Essential

• Hospital pharmacy experience or equivalent relevant area of practice.
• Experience of working in medicines procurement.
• Experience of working in pharmacy distribution and purchasing related area.
• Experience of stock control management.
• Experience of pharmacy computer systems for ordering, invoicing, stock control and manage pharmaceuticals.
• Working in a customer-focused environment.
• Experience of managing teams.
• Experience of line management.
• Experience of undertaking audits.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to create documents and spread sheets and extract information.
• Experience of recruitment and selection processes.

Desirable

• Working with electronic prescribing and administration systems.
• Cost Improvement Plans.
• Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of Pharmacy within the Trust.
• Experience of working with medicines suppliers.
• Experience of taking initiative and leading on projects including change management.
• Experience of communicating with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Experience of staff training and supervision.
• Ability to use pharmacy database systems.

Skills

Essential

• Communicate complex and sensitive information on pharmaceutical purchasing and pricing issues with NHS supplies and Procurement staff and those from Finance.
• Use presentational aids.
• Communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats.
• Analyse highly complex information relating to drug pricing and contracting issues.
• Make sound judgments.
• Be flexible in responding to demands of the service.
• Concentrate on complex matters (drug ordering, invoice approval, updating of drug files, drug query answering, clinical prescription review, checking of dispensed prescriptions) despite frequent interruptions.
• Be methodical in approach.
• Have experience of disciplinary matters and be able to impart results from them to staff in an appropriate and considered manner.
• IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel).
• Ability to work as part of a team and to contribute to team meetings.
• Ability to organise project work and meet deadlines /targets.
• Good organisation skills and capable of working independently and managing own workload.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets.

Desirable

• Analyse complex information relating to medicines and their uses.
• Ability to review and adapt plans as circumstances dictate.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
• Ability to think ahead and plan accordingly.
• Ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative.
• Demonstrates resilience and ability to cope under pressure.

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake further training as required.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B

Hills Road

Cambridge

CB2 0QQ

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