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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy Procurement
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
275-2504DPPM
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital, Pharmacy Department
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/05/2025 23:59

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Deputy Pharmacy Procurement Manager

Band 5

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Deputy Pharmacy Procurement Manager

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 5 

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: 10th June 2025 

 We are recruiting for a Deputy Pharmacy Procurement Manager who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

To provide a comprehensive and high quality pharmaceutical service, involved in all stages with the use of medicines to ensure the safe, cost effective, and rational use of medicinal treatment for patient care.

Main duties of the job

Supervise the processes governing the purchasing and invoicing of  medicines in accordance with the South East Pharmaceutical contracts agreed with CMU and other local Trust purchasing agreements.

To supervise the purchasing office and maximise the use of technology and new innovations in order to increase the efficiency of  procedures and maximise cost savings.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assist Pharmacy Procurement Manager in overseeing the purchasing of medicines through the JAC ordering system.

To assist in the purchasing of supplies of medicines, equipment and resources

To help the Pharmacy Procurement Manager to ensure orders are placed in an efficient manner in accordance with departmental and Trust financial procedures.

Ensure that the quantities ordered are in line with clinical need and our overall minimum stock turnover target of 12 times per year.

Discuss with our suppliers any supply problems and bring them to the attention of the appropriate clinical pharmacy staff.

Assist the Pharmacy Procurement Manager in ensuring compliance with South East Regional contracts and local buying agreements

To assist the Pharmacy Procurement Manager in updating the JAC and EDI system (Medecator) with new contract information supplied via CMU.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
  • Registration with GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable criteria
  • Practise Supervisor
  • Pharmacy Procurement qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Expert knowledge of stock control
  • Knowledge of basic accounting tools, such as balance sheets

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 5 years’ experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
Desirable criteria
  • 1 year’ experience working in pharmacy procurement
  • Experience of training and managing staff

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of checking dispensing prescriptions.
  • Knowledge of departmental SOPs.
  • Knowledge of NVQ process in pharmacy.
  • Knowledge of implementing KPIs.
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
  • Ability to supervise staff.
  • Ability to manage workload.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Steven Wheal
Job title
Pharmacy Procurement Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 825148
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