Job overview
This is a developmental role designed to support the progression from Band 5 Higher Level Pharmacy Technician to a Band 6 Procurement and Distribution Manager within 6-12 months after gaining the necessary experience.
The postholder will initially work under supervision to develop the necessary leadership, operational, and governance skills to manage the day-to-day running of the Procurement and distribution service and staff.
Upon completion of the agreed competency framework, and a successful review, the postholder will progress to a Band 6 Procurement and Distribution Manager role, taking on full operational management responsibility for the team and service delivery.
They will assist the Procurement and Distribution (P&D) Team Leader in providing a 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).
Main duties of the job
This is a developmental role designed to support the progression from Band 5 Higher Level Pharmacy Technician to a Band 6 Procurement and Distribution Manager within 6-12 months after gaining the necessary experience.
The postholder will initially work under supervision to develop the necessary leadership, operational, and governance skills to manage the day-to-day running of the Procurement and distribution service and staff.
Upon completion of the agreed competency framework, and a successful review, the postholder will progress to a Band 6 Procurement and Distribution Manager role, taking on full operational management responsibility for the team and service delivery.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. 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.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
10. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
11. Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
12. First line management training or a management Qualification.
13. Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
Desirable criteria
14. Pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician assessor course/ Workplace Training supervisor
15. CIPS qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
16. Hospital Pharmacy Experience
17. Experience in delivering a Procurement and Distribution service
18. Experience of line managing and following HR policies
19. Experience of day to day supervision and training
Desirable criteria
20. Experience in change management
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria
21. The ability to prioritise and manage own workload and that of the team.
22. Able to write and implement procedures.
23. Able to negotiate and work through difficult situations.
24. IT literate.
25. Good personal organisational skills and the ability to organise others.
26. Able to work as a team-leader.
27. Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
28. Able to use own initiative and work alone.
29. Ability to achieve targets
30. Able to recognise limits of competency and seek advice from colleagues
31. Able to identify areas where change is needed, embrace new ideas and with the support of senior colleagues implement change
32. To have experience in recruitment and retention of staff
33. Maintain professional competency & evidence of CPD
Special circumstance
Essential criteria
34. Able to travel all sites within Trust and to venues for training
35. Weekend and Bank holiday working as per rota
36. 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.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) 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 interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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