Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
Procurement and Distribution - Lead Pharmacy Technician
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our expanding pharmacy team, providing procurement expertise to our newly insourced pharmacy dispensary.
We welcome applications from GPhC registered technicians with previous procurement and distribution experience within hospital pharmacy.
The base for this role will be Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Ilford.
Main duties of the job
To manage the pharmacy procurement and distribution service, ensuring:
1. high quality service provision, effective risk management, clinical governance and adherence to relevant legislation, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines.
2. implementation of contracts and contract review mechanisms, including developing methods of increasing savings and ensuring value for money
3. management of medicine shortages in close liaison with senior pharmacists to provide optimum available products and reduce clinical risks to patients.
4. the trust is exposed to the minimum financial risk by operating robust systems
5. the trust is exposed to minimum clinical risk by purchasing from reputable suppliers and that unlicensed products are identified for Quality Control
6. Provide strategic development of the process and systems for medicines procurement, storage and distribution ensuring the quality of all medicines purchased by the Trust and that processes are compliant with legislation and best practice.
7. Support management of the medicines budget within the trust including provision of financial information and expenditure reports.
8. To support the Pharmacy operations & Supply chain manager and Deputy Chief Pharmacist in delivering strategic objectives of maintaining and developing pharmacy services across the trust.
9. Provide leadership within the department to support and embed the trust core values into everyday practice.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust.All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
References
Please ensure that the references are from your most recent employer and one of these must be your direct Line Manager or Supervisor. You must provide professional email addresses for all referees as we will contact them as soon as an offer has been made. Please note we do not request references prior to interviews. Additionally, ensure that any gaps in your employment history are clearly indicated. All applications made through NHS Jobs account will be processed by TRAC System. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
If you like the sound of working with NELFT, don’t waste a moment and apply now!
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
10. Meets 1 or more of the trust values
Desirable criteria
11. Meets all of the trust values
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. GPhC Registered Technician
13. NVQ level 3
14. CIPS Diploma
Desirable criteria
15. Accredited Checking Technician
16. Management Training Course
Experience
Essential criteria
17. UK Hospital Pharmacy experience
18. Management experience
19. Procurement and distribution experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
20. Finance systems and budget control processes
21. Pharmaceutical standards of practice
22. Recent initiatives in pharmacy
Skills
Essential criteria
23. Good leadership skills
24. Effective written and verbal communication skills
25. Effective interpersonal skills
26. Advanced microsoft office skills
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
27. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
28. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
29. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
30. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.