This senior technician post sits in the Pharmacy Department at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, within the pharmacy procurement team. The work covers buying medicines safely and cost-effectively, running the procurement and homecare team, and maintaining and developing the department's IT and stock control systems. It suits a pharmacy technician who wants to combine pharmacy experience with IT and business intelligence, in a stand-alone paediatric hospital. Current GPhC registration is required.
What the job involves
- Ensuring compliance with standing financial instructions and national standards for NHS pharmaceutical procurement
- Organising the pharmacy procurement and homecare team
- Maintaining and developing IT systems in the pharmacy department
- Managing the pharmacy stock control system
- Acting as a role model for IT use and development, and supporting IT systems that improve patient care
- Developing specialist, technical purchasing services, including negotiating and monitoring contracts
Registration & licences
- Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC
Experience
- Extensive experience working in a hospital pharmacy
- Extensive working knowledge of pharmacy IT systems
- System management, daily maintenance and ongoing development, including managing upgrades
- Previous leadership role in a hospital environment
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of pharmacy procurement and homecare policies and processes
- Knowledge of the legality and best practice for procuring unlicensed medicines
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Excellent management and people skills, including motivating self and others
- Ability to review and adapt plans as circumstances change
- Excellent leadership skills
Nice to have
- Experience of paediatric pharmacy
- Previous experience of completing department projects and audits
- Experience of helping to implement new IT systems
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure requirements and servers
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
