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Pharmacy Technician
Grade
Band 5
Contract
9 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Part time considered)
Job ref
164-7166123
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
QMC Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/05/2025 23:59

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Lead Pharmacy Technician – Procurement

Band 5

Job overview

We have a fantastic fixed term/secondment (maternity cover) opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced pharmacy technician, to join our pharmacy procurement team at one of the largest and busiest tertiary referral teaching trusts in the country. This role sits within the pharmacy procurement team and has additional duties within pharmacy stores across NUH, working closely with both teams to support safe and effective stock control through appropriate procurement activities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy technician to gain knowledge and skills within pharmacy procurement. You will work closely alongside a team of experienced technical staff to maintain and develop a high standard of medicines procurement at NUH. 

Main duties of the job

Under the leadership and direction of the Advanced Technician – Procurement, Purchasing and formulary support the main duties for this role includes:

  1. To support the management and communication of medicine shortages and supply problems and provide guidance and technical advice to purchasing staff, to include the sourcing of acceptable alternatives.

  2. To support the timely and safe local implementation of regional and national medicines procurement contracts to involve consideration of risks, stock management and financial issues.

  3. To support effective stock control through appropriate procurement within the Pharmacy department to minimise stock value and prevent accumulation of expired stock whilst maintaining acceptable levels of availability and associated workload.

  4. To provide technical support to the pharmacy finance/purchasing function to ensure safe, appropriate and cost-efficient purchasing of medicine.

  5. To provide support to the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) processes via the Chief Technician – Procurement and Formulary Support

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You'll find a full overview of the duties of Pharmacy Lead Technician - Procurement within the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BTEC, City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services, or recognised equivalent
  • General Pharmaceutical Council Registered Pharmacy Technician.
Desirable criteria
  • To be a validated accuracy checker

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial hospital pharmacy experience
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant experience in a senior technician role responsible for managing staff, services or resources
  • Knowledge and/or previous experience relating to procurement processes
  • Experience of handling, analysing and reporting complex data

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills - written and verbal
  • Excellent attention to detail, even when working under pressure or to a deadline
Desirable criteria
  • Good communication skills with with multi-disciplinary team members.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria
  • Problem solving skills
  • Ability to work alone and assist in the decision making process of changes.

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good organisational skills – able to prioritise, direct, coordinate and motivate others
  • Flexibility to deal with competing demands and interruptions
  • Proven effective time-management – having a planned and logical approach and the ability to work to deadlines, even when under pressure
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of project management

Physical skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent ICT skills
  • Competent in using spreadsheets and databases
  • Ability to work at a desk with ICT equipment for prolonged periods of time.
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced skills in utilising Microsoft Excel

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jess Thacker
Job title
Advanced Technician-Procurement and Purchasing
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812268733
Additional information

Please feel free to contact myself or a member of the NUH pharmacy procurement team ([email protected]) to discuss this post in more detail.

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