Lead Pharmacy Technician – Procurement

We have a fantastic fixed term/secondment 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.

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• To provide technical support to the pharmacy finance/purchasing function to ensure safe, appropriate and cost-efficient purchasing of medicine.
• To provide support to the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) processes via the Chief Technician – Procurement and Formulary Support

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!

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Jess Thacker
Job title: Advanced Technician-Procurement and Purchasing
Email address: jessica.thacker2@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07812268733

Please feel free to contact myself or a member of the NUH pharmacy procurement team (nuhnt.pharmacyprocurement@nhs.net) to discuss this post in more detail.