[ref. d01710822] Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Manager - NHS
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Assist the Procurement and Distribution (P&D) Team Leader in the following:
- Safe, high quality patient centred Procurement and Distribution services (P&D). This includes all aspects of medicine storage, including medical gases, aligned with the guidance document “Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Distributors” and the Trust’s Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (for medicines for human use) aka WDA(H).
- The planning, development, monitoring, audit, evaluation and delivery of the P&D services across the Trust.
- Ensuring that working practices meet requirements of medicines legislation as well as professional, local and national guidelines.
- Implementing necessary changes, thereby ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive, high quality service.
- Provide professional leadership and management of all aspects of P&D services for all staff members who work within the area. This includes pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pre-registration staff, trainee pharmacists and support workers.
- Management of regional and national contracts and ensuring departmental compliance.
- Ensuring that appropriate training is provided and documented for all staff working in the area.
- Promote excellence within the P&D department and model behaviours of continuous learning and improvement to others.
- Represent BHT at regional and national levels and participate in the wider strategic agenda for pharmacy technicians
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the comprehensive Job Description and Personal Specification for a full list of the main responsibilities and duties.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the comprehensive Job Description and Personal Specification for a full list of the main responsibilities and duties.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
- First line management training or a management Qualification.
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
- Pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician assessor course/ Workplace Training supervisor
- CIPS qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Hospital Pharmacy Experience
- Experience in delivering a Procurement and Distribution service
- Experience of line managing and following HR policies
- Experience of day to day supervision and training
- Experience in change management
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria- The ability to prioritise and manage own workload and that of the team.
- Able to write and implement procedures.
- Able to negotiate and work through difficult situations.
- IT literate.
- Good personal organisational skills and the ability to organise others.
- Able to work as a team-leader.
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
- Able to use own initiative and work alone.
- Ability to achieve targets
- Able to recognise limits of competency and seek advice from colleagues
- Able to identify areas where change is needed, embrace new ideas and with the support of senior colleagues implement change
- To have experience in recruitment and retention of staff
- Maintain professional competency & evidence of CPD
Special circumstance
Essential criteria- Able to travel all sites within Trust and to venues for training
- Weekend and Bank holiday working as per rota
- Late duties as per rota
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.