Principal Pharmacy Technician

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Knowledge and experience of appraisal.
• Knowledge of NVQ process
• Knowledge and experience of contracts/contracting
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

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.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The main duties of the role include but are not limited to
To supervise and co-ordinate the distribution team, working in accordance with standard operating procedures, in conjunction with the Senior Pharmacy Stores Assistant(s).
To oversee and participate in the running of the Pharmacy Purchasing Office. To participate in and ensure the safe and efficient receipt, storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals. To participate in the ordering of pharmaceutical products and liaise with pharmaceutical manufacturers/wholesalers to ensure the resolution of associated problems e.g. outstanding orders, drug shortages, substitutions, pricing queries.
To supervise the stock control processes e.g. KTAKEM, within the pharmacy stores.
To oversee stock list maintenance, amending lists following approval by the ward/senior pharmacist and following contract/supplier changes.
To maintain and update all CMM pharmacy computer system and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) contract files, ensuring they reflect current contract prices.
To contribute to and participate in the training, development and appraisal programme for pharmacy staff in particular that related to pharmacy assistants and procurement officers and plan and implement the training programme to meet NVQ Level 2 for pharmacy assistants.
To inform the shortages Team of any long term problems with the availability of medicines. To contribute to and participate in the training and development programme for pharmacy staff..

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see job description for a more detailed expectation of the post holder including the person specification.