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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Secondment: 12 months
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
214-CSTO-6346742
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/08/2024 23:59
Interview date
06/08/2024

Employer heading

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Deputy Pharmacy Stores and Distribution Manager

NHS AfC: Band 6

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

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Job overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to develop their leadership skills. We are looking for a highly motivated individual, to work within the Pharmacy Stores Leadership team on a fixed term basis (for 1 year) to work with, assist, and deputise for, the Pharmacy Stores and Distribution Manager in the management of the stores, procurement and ward supply function of pharmacy. This includes management of the Pharmacy Information System (JAC) and the Automated Dispensing System (Pharmacy GPI Robot). 

In addition to this, the individual will support our wards supply service including a well-established, unique Ward Stock Medicines Management system which involves a team of assistants supporting the clinical team on the wards.

This post represents an ideal role for someone who is looking to develop their knowledge and skills within medicines procurement and stores, and to gain supervisory and management experience. The postholder will also get an opportunity to support training and development of junior staff members.

Main duties of the job

Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

 

 

Working for our organisation

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of COSHH regulations
  • IT skills
  • Specialist expert knowledge of pharmaceutical technical practice and experience to an equivalent degree level
  • Knowledge of Wholesaler dealer’s Licence and Good distribution practice Knowledge of pharmacy ordering systems
  • Knowledge of pharmacy distribution systems
Desirable criteria
  • In-patient dispensary procedures

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ 3 in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent qualification accepted by General Pharmaceutical Council for registration purposes.
  • QCF Assessor award
  • Supervisory qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Procurement qualification

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continual personal development
  • In house Recruitment and Selection training
  • In house Appraisal training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post qualification hospital experience
  • Significant supervisory experience
  • Significant Stores / purchasing experience
  • Significant experience of training and competency assessment
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiating and persuasive skills

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Regular attendance
  • Flexible approach to working hours, including weekends and bank holidays
  • Ability to carry out the duties of the post as outlined in the job description

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodCarer Friendly Employer 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare4NottsTime to changeFair Train Silver StandardStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mandy Hartley
Job title
Pharmacy Stores and Distribution Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515
Additional information

ext 3150

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