Pharmacy Technician – Medicines Procurement and Distribution

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team who are developing new ways of working, efficiencies and digital solutions to Pharmacy procurement and distribution.

This role will give you the opportunity to work across all areas of pharmacy procurement and distribution including:

Procurement, ward distribution, pharmacy stores, prep services and homecare and high cost drugs.

The successful candidate will demonstrate qualities of leadership, project implementation and effective time management skills.

Main duties of the job

To work in partnership with the Principal Pharmacist, Chief Technician and Senior technicians within Pharmacy medicines procurement and distribution teams providing a high-quality service

To rotate between the specialist areas of pharmacy procurement and distribution including pharmacy stores, ward distribution, procurement and homecare/high cost drugs

Provide support to prep services where appropriate

To co-ordinate the workload and supervise activities day-to-day

To assist in the development and implementation of standard operating procedures ensuring they are fit for purpose and in date at all times

To support and supervise the training of staff working within the pharmacy procurement and distribution team.

To train, monitor and develop the role of an Assistant Technical Officer and to identify any training needs within the pharmacy procurement and distribution teams

To support the capturing and reporting of relevant KPI's across all pharmacy procurement and distribution activities

Proactively support service development and quality improvement projects within the pharmacy procurement and distribution team and the wider pharmacy team

Undertake regular dispensary-based core duties such as dispensing and accuracy checking in line with the agreed rota and needs of the service

To work in accordance with Trust policies and pharmacy local procedures.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.