Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 229-CS-7866986
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hereford County Hospital
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Systems Manager
Band 6
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Job overview
The purpose of this role is to manage and support the delivery of ICT solutions within the Wye Valley NHS Trust Pharmacy directorate, ensuring that data systems are maintained, current, and aligned with operational needs. This includes enabling efficient, responsive, and financially sound pharmacy operations; supporting accurate procurement, dispensing, and labelling of medicines; and ensuring clear visibility of medicine availability.
The post-holder will lead the Pharmacy Data Systems team, liaise with internal stakeholders and external providers, and ensure high-quality, evidence-based data reporting. They will also oversee staff training and development in data systems, contribute to business continuity planning, and ensure that all digital services meet departmental, Trust, and NHS strategic objectives. There will also be operational commitment to the Pharmacy service weekends and Bank Holidays on a formal rota (currently 1:6). (ROTATION FREQUENCY SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Main duties of the job
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To identify, develop, and lead improvements for the pharmacy data systems, ensuring they meet operational needs and align with Pharmacy Board directives.
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To maintain and implement written Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training programs to support consistent and compliant use of Pharmacy Data systems.
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To schedule and oversee maintenance and development tasks for the Pharmacy Data Systems team, while actively contributing to their execution.
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To investigate and respond to data system or reporting errors, directing corrective actions and escalating to the Chief Technician when necessary.
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To develop and implement operational processes for the cabinets across the Trust’s clinical sites.
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To manage the maintenance and accuracy of data, ensuring compliance with financial, regulatory, and procedural standards.
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To ensure that data sets used for medicine procurement, distribution, and dispensing are accurate, up to date, and compliant with regulatory and professional standards
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 and or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as Pharmacy Technician
- Postgraduate degree in systems management/equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Accuracy Checking Technician qualification
Desirable criteria
- Management Qualification at Level 3
Skills
Essential criteria
- Communicate effectively to all levels of staff
- IT Literate in routine Microsoft applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc)
- Extensive knowledge of any of, or all, Pharmacy Data Systems
- High degree of self-motivation and ability to work on own initiative
- Knowledge and understanding of basic management principles including team management and motivation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of leading and managing a team, inclusive of multi-disciplinary and collaborative working
- Significant relevant experience as Pharmacy technician
- Significant experience/knowledge of a Pharmacy inventory management system
- Experience of writing, editing and validating Standard Operating Procedures
- Experience of developing, maintaining and developing data sets
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Moors
- Job title
- Deputy General Manager - Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 364424
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