Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 14 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 394-MVCS-7095496VV
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hillingdon Hospital
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 per annum (incl. of HCAA)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/05/2025
Employer heading
Pharmacy Procurement and Systems Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
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Job overview
The post-holder will be an experienced certificated technician who will undertake managerial, technical and operational duties in a section of the Pharmacy Department. This includes:
1. Day-to-day management and service delivery of pharmacy medicine procurement for the Trust
2. Day to day management of the pharmacy CMM (formally JAC) stock control system for Hillingdon
3. Provision of financial data management to support Trust wide Medicines Management initiatives
4. Effective functioning of the pharmacy store within the requirements of MHRA standards
Duties will be discharged directly for some duties such as systems management or indirectly via directly line managed staff.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services, including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe, and compassionate care, while we drive forward with the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person specification
Essential criteria
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician.
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures for specialist area to degree or equivalent level acquired through training, NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent) or equivalent
- CIPS diploma (or willingness to study)
- Post qualification pharmacy practice experience in the NHS and recent experience of pharmacy procurement and pharmacy stock control systems
- Previous experience of audit
- Staff Recruitment and selection
Desirable criteria
- Structured training and CPD in specialist area (Procurement and IT)
- Structured management/Interpersonal skills course
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Bate
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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