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Due to an internal promotion, we are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Pharmacy Technician to lead our Procurement & Distribution team. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the team, ensuring that all procurement and distribution activities are carried out in accordance with medicines legislation, professional, local and national guidelines. You will also be responsible for developing and implementing new procurement and distribution strategies, and for providing training and support to the team. This is a fantastic role to show your leadership skills, and the department prides itself on our Education and Training opportunities.

• Overseeing and managing the Procurement and Distribution (P&D) service within the pharmacy and line managing the Specialist Pharmacy Technician for P&D and Higher-Level Technicians.
• You must ensure a safe, high quality patient centred P&D service. Leading the planning, development, monitoring, audit, evaluation, and delivery of the P&D service across the Trust.
• Ensuring that working practices meet requirements of medicines legislation, professional, local and national guidelines, implement change.
• Provision of professional leadership and management of all aspects of P&D services for all staff members. Management of regional and national contracts, ensuring departmental compliance andensuring appropriate training is provided.
• Promoting excellence within the P&D department and modelling behaviours of continuous learning and improvement to others .
• Providing technical leadership and assisting in the culture of learning within the department and to represent Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) at regional and national level and participate in the wider strategic agenda for pharmacy technicians.
• Todeputise for the Responsible Person (RP) for duties relating to the department’sWholesale Distribution Authorisation(WDA). Supporting and leading elements of Cost Improvement Programmes (CIPs) through a cycle of local and regional tendering exercises and contract reviews.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• 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.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• 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?

• Ourvisionis to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Ourmissionis to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Ourcarevalues are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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