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Join Our Team as a Principal Pharmacy Technician (Stores & Procurement)
Are you a pharmacy technician ready to step up in your career? Do you thrive in leadership and want to make a real impact on patient care?
University Hospital of North Tees Pharmacy Department is seeking a Principal Pharmacy Technician (Stores & Procurement) to lead a skilled team in delivering a safe, efficient, and high-quality medicines supply service.
Why This Role?
This is your chance to lead, innovate, and shape pharmacy distribution services. You'll be at the heart of a fast-paced, patient-focused team, ensuring vital medicines reach those who need them.
Main duties of the job
What you'll do:
- Lead and manage pharmacy technicians and assistants.
- Oversee stock control, ensuring compliance with recognised standards.
- Improve efficiency through innovation and collaboration.
- Utilise automated dispensing technology to enhance operations.
- Develop leadership skills and drive service improvements.
What you'll need:
- GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician
- Accuracy Checking Qualification
- Leadership and management experience
- Stock control and distribution expertise
- A proactive, problem-solving mindset
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.
We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We actively encourage staff involvement with staff networking events and staff survey
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please relate to attached job description for a more comprehensive list of duties and main responsibilities associated with this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please relate to attached job description for a more comprehensive list of duties and main responsibilities associated with this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Experience of computerised stock control
- Experience of staff management in a hospital pharmacy environment
- Project management experience
- Experience working as a member of multidisciplinary teams
Skills
Essential
- Ability to reliably check, input and record data and to identify discrepancies
- Good working knowledge of Windows based systems, and capable of using Microsoft Office application
- Focused on patient care and the efficient and effective service delivery
- Ability to communicate effectively, have a logical approach to problem solving and to form and maintain good working relationships
Desirable
- Well-developed customer relations skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
- Completed accuracy checking qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Management qualification or relevant experience of managing staff
- Knowledge of EMIS Ascribe dispensing system
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Experience of computerised stock control
- Experience of staff management in a hospital pharmacy environment
- Project management experience
- Experience working as a member of multidisciplinary teams
Skills
Essential
- Ability to reliably check, input and record data and to identify discrepancies
- Good working knowledge of Windows based systems, and capable of using Microsoft Office application
- Focused on patient care and the efficient and effective service delivery
- Ability to communicate effectively, have a logical approach to problem solving and to form and maintain good working relationships
Desirable
- Well-developed customer relations skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
- Completed accuracy checking qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Management qualification or relevant experience of managing staff
- Knowledge of EMIS Ascribe dispensing system
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Main Pharmacy. University Hospital of North Tees
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS198PE
Employer's website
https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
