Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 344-6002DCB
- Employer
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital
- Town
- Margate
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Procurement
Band 7
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Pharmacy Technician to lead our Pharmacy Medicines Procurement team.
Pharmacy Procurement are a small team based at the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital. You will manage a medicines spend of over £100 million annually to provide a patient focused, value driven centralised medicines procurement service to East Kent Hospitals. You will also manage and support with medicines supply shortages to ensure patients get the right medicines they need at the right time and right place.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge within the Procurement team and directly impact patient care by making strategic decisions and driving improvement within the Pharmacy
Main duties of the job
To lead and be responsible for the Pharmacy Medicines Procurement service. To be responsible for Pharmacy Procurement practices, developing work plans and co-ordinating the management of the service to East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust and any external units as defined in Service Level Agreements.
As a specialist Pharmacy Technician in Procurement, the post holder will lead all areas of activity ensuring the delivery of a professional, efficient, responsive, integrated and customer focused Pharmacy procurement service to the Trust. The post holder will be required to advise on Pharmacy procurement matters within the Trust and within the wider NHS community. The post holder will be required to be skilled in contracting and contracts management and use their specialist Pharmacy Procurement knowledge to work with other pharmacy colleagues, Trust Procurement colleagues and external stakeholders to advise on complex Procurement matters, producing cost efficiencies, maximising cost savings and reducing waste.
To lead on medicines shortages within the Trust, being an active participant of the Medication Safety Advisory Group and Drugs and Therapeutics Advisory Committee and Regional Procurement Group meetings.
The post holder will also be responsible for the oversight and procurement of medical gases for the organisation.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have any further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3/ registered with GPHC
- CIPS Accredited
Desirable criteria
- Practice supervisor or equivalent
- ACPT
- MCIPS
Personal & Professional Attributes
Essential criteria
- IT literate in all Microsoft office programs including Excel and able to pick up new systems quickly and effectively
- Effective communicator, polite and approachable. Able to work with a wide variety of stakeholders/ individuals.
Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Hospital pharmacy
- Hospital pharmacy procurement
- Leading and working on own initiative
- Experience in writing policies/ procedures
- Experience in change management
- Experience in managing a team and/ or supervising staff
- Experience in dealing with medicines shortages
- Effective communication to a wide range of healthcare and pharmaceutical professionals, presentation and influencing skills and use of diplomacy/tact in complex environments/situations.
- Excellent organisation skills and ability to plan and organise activities with the ability to prioritise and work under pressure.
- Excellent analytical and comparison skills with the ability to complete complex analysis of data and data interpretation.
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience of managing complex change
- Significant development of trustwide policies/ procedures
Governance and Legislation
Essential criteria
- Understanding of governance in relation to medicines procurement
Desirable criteria
- Previous governance related job experience
Trust values
Essential criteria
- Upholds and models Trust values
- Enthusiastic and willing to learn and embrace new ideas
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
- Christie Head
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07811017077
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