University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
One full time post (37.5 hrs pw) and one part time post (22.5 hrs pw) are available. An exciting opportunity to enter the world of Pharmacy Procurement and its many career options.
The post holder will assist in the management of the pharmacy procurement services for Derby and Burton.
Co-ordination of the service ensuring suppliers are contacted regularly regarding supply chain problems and shortages, and the information is shared with the pharmacy teams.
Support the Chief Pharmacy Technician in the day-to-day management of the pharmacy procurement service.
Ensure adequate staffing levels and skill mix are maintained and to escalate to the Chief Technicians if any shortfalls are identified.
Oversee the maintenance of weekly shortage reports detailing up-to-date information on product availability communicated to the UHDB pharmacy teams.
Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs) due to register as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC by May 2025 are eligible to apply for this post.
Main duties of the job
1. Responsible for items owing to other pharmacy areas being reviewed, ordering stock when necessary or arranging alternative products, including checking outstanding orders from suppliers with the assistance of the Procurement Administrator.
2. Assist the Chief Technicians with the recruitment, return to work, annual leave allocation, and annual appraisal of delegated staff ensuring records are accurately maintained.
3. Support effective stock control through appropriate procurement within Pharmacy.
4. Support in the management of reviewing drug alerts from the MHRA, pharmaceutical industry, and other agencies.
5. Assist in the maintenance and development of unlicensed policy and procedures, assisting in the creation of specification sheets for unlicensed medicines.
Pharmacy Procurement is an essential part of the Pharmacy Service ensuring medicines are always available for our patients at UHDB. This post offers a Pharmacy Technician with ambition and drive an exciting opportunity to enter the world of pharmacy procurement that can provide many career options.
The pharmacy procurement team is friendly and welcoming, and works hard to ensure medicines are always available at both sites. They are very successful at finding alternative solutions when products are in short supply. By joining the team, you will be providing additional support and opportunities to develop and enhance the service.
Closing date of applications: 23 December 2024
Interview date: 7 January 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
* On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car scheme.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Education & Training
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Experience & Knowledge
* Current knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice.
* Working knowledge of NHS Trust and departmental section procedures and priorities.
* Experience of training staff.
* Detailed pharmacy technical knowledge including Law & Ethics pharmacy practice.
* Awareness of opportunities for extended roles for pharmacy technicians and support staff.
* Experience of unlicensed medicines policies and procedures.
Skills & Ability
* Able to produce accurate written work to a high standard.
* Able to work under pressure, organise own work, and meet deadlines.
* Able to identify and solve problems.
* Able to demonstrate that they can work on their own initiative but know limitations of own authority and knowledge.
* Can plan, organise, and deliver training sessions one to one and in small or large groups.
* Able to plan and prioritise tasks in accordance with departmental and individual needs.
Communications and interpersonal skills
* Able to communicate clearly verbally and electronically with the Pharmacy team.
* Demonstrate that they are approachable and a team player.
* Demonstrate that they can give feedback (negative/positive) in an appropriate way.
* Adapt verbal communication to a learner's/team individual's need.
* Communicate in a coaching style.
Values & behaviours
* Has a positive approach and is able to involve and motivate others.
* Able to demonstrate that they are approachable and a team player.
* Act as a role model for pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support staff.
* Has a flexible approach.
* Able to build a rapport with people.
* Innovative and forward-thinking.
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.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
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