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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR130-24
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich Hospital
Town
Ipswich
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2024 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Pharmacy Supply Team Leader

NHS AfC: Band 4

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Supply Team Leader to join us.

Based in our Pharmacy logistics department at Ipswich Hospital you will be expected to have experience in a Pharmacy Procurement setting with excellent communication and organisation skills.

You will be expected to work late shifts, weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis and cover core Pharmacy functions e.g.; Stores, Distribution and Dispensary as part of this rota.

You will be the lead point of contact for enquiries relating to management of pharmacy and related stock within the hospital and for any external customers for whom we provide a stock-management service.

Main duties of the job

Day to day management responsibility for the pharmacy supply service team and be the lead contact person for the pharmacy supply service.

Support the Chief Technician in providing a seamless, effective, client-focused pharmacy supply service for pharmaceuticals and related products.

Lead, motivate, empower and provide guidance to the stock-management team on delivering excellence in service.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.   

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.   

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Delivering high-quality customer service
  • Working with patient identifiable and commercially sensitive information
  • Experience of multi-organisational/partnership working
  • Experience of dealing with a variety of issues and managing a changing workload with competing demands, including a range of basic administration and complex administrative support and delivering it to a consistent level of quality
  • Experience of service development across a range of deliverables and monitoring compliance/progress
  • Experience of leading a team and responsibility for training, developing and appraising a team
  • Validation of change management and incident management
  • Working at a senior level within Pharmacy.
  • Experience of team leadership and supervision
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working within a hospital pharmacy or other relevant clinical/operational environment
  • Experience of working within a procurement role
  • Experience of contract management processes
  • Experience using Wellsky stock control software or similar system

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 2 Pharmacy or equivalent or Higher level qualification in Pharmacy or other field.
Desirable criteria
  • Administrative diploma level qualification
  • Technician pharmacy training
  • Proven Hospital Pharmacy Assistant experience

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jags Singh
Job title
Deputy Chief Pharmacy Technician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01473 704096

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Colchester General Hospital
Telephone
07789651269
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