Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-NN-6634060-HSS-AG-C
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 pa pro rata incl. HCAS outer
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Principal Pharmacy Technician
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Lead, Innovate, and Shape Pharmacy Stores and Procurement
Refer to the attached candidate information pack to find out more!
You step into the pharmacy, ready to ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective supply of medicines. After a check in with your team, your day begins with a medicine shortage review, you use your expertise to source suitable alternatives and liaise with suppliers to maintain continuity of care. You check stock levels, ensuring that essential medicines are available and that procurement processes run smoothly.
This role involves cross-site working between St Helier and Epsom, providing an opportunity to develop a broad range of experience across different pharmacy settings.
At St Helier, you take a hands-on approach, overseeing pharmacy stores operations, reviewing medicine shortages, and using your expertise to source alternative products.
Meanwhile, at Epsom, your role is more desk-based, supporting staff who are managing procurement and distribution the on-site medicines top up service. You may also be involved in projects aimed at improving the top up service, procurement efficiency, compliance, or cost-effectiveness.
Across both sites, you take an active role in staff training and development - teaching best practices for stock top-up procedures, conducting staff appraisals, and ensuring the team is equipped with the knowledge and skills to deliver a high-quality service.
Main duties of the job
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Staff management – checking staff coverage, managing sickness, and coordinating rotas across sites.
- Overseeing medicine procurement and distribution, ensuring safe and efficient supply chains.
- Managing medicine shortages, using expertise to source suitable alternatives.
- Resolving invoicing and credit issues with procurement senior assistants.
- Supervising pharmacy stores operations at St Helier and supporting procurement staff at Epsom.
- Leading training sessions, mentoring staff on top-up procedures, procurement best practices, and system usage.
- Conducting staff appraisals and supporting professional development.
- Participating in procurement projects, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Managing pharmacy computer system updates, including contract pricing and stock list maintenance.
- Deputising for the Pharmacy Computer System Manager when required.
What We’re Looking For:
- Registered Pharmacy Technician (GPhC) with a BTEC/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
- Experience in medicines procurement, distribution, and stock control within a hospital setting.
- Strong leadership and staff supervision experience, with a focus on training and development.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work under pressure.
- Confidence in managing supplier relationships and working collaboratively with clinical teams.
Working for our organisation
ESTH is an incredibly diverse workplace, which is reflected in our pharmacy team. Celebrating our differences together is something truly valued by all our staff, we foster a supportive and collaborative work environment where pharmacy technicians feel valued and respected for their contributions.
Overall, we have created a genuinely friendly workplace where pharmacy technicians feel supported, valued, and motivated to excel in their careers – and we also love to laugh!
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective medicines management within the Trust. If you’re ready to step up and lead, we’d love to hear from you.
Please refer to the attached candidate information pack to find out more!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for a more detailed expectation of the post holder including the person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and Skills
Essential criteria
- BTEC / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent. Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Post qualification experience of medicines distribution and procurement.
Desirable criteria
- Good IT skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive hospital experience across various pharmacy departments.
- Experience with the CMM pharmacy computer system.
- Experience in supervision of staff.
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.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Julie Marshall
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacy Technician Procurement and IT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920062479
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