Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Manager
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.
Minimum Requirements
Please refer to the comprehensive Job Description and Personal Specification for a full list of the main responsibilities and duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
* First line management training or a management Qualification.
* Pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician assessor course/ Workplace Training supervisor
Experience
* 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
* Experience in change management
Skills, abilities and knowledge
* 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 Circumstances
* Able to travel all sites within Trust and to venues for training.
* Weekend and Bank holiday working 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.
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-D
Job Locations
Stoke Mandeville Hospital (with some cross site working)
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