Senior Pharmacy Purchasing Technician | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2024 |
| Location: | OXFORD, OX4 2PG |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6229196/321-CSS-6229196-B6 |
Summary
Pharmacy Technician – Band 6.
37.5hours – Mon to Friday
This is a unique opportunity for the right person to join our team providing the OUH NHS Foundation Trust with a high quality medicines supply service.
This role is central to the performance of the unit, and the successful individual must possess excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, as well as having a self motivated and positive demeanour, be able to cope with changing demands and be able to work under pressure.
You need to be an experienced qualified Pharmacy Technician and be up for a challenge with a steep learning curve
Duties include but are not limited to:
· Working with suppliers to improve services for the OUH
· Ensuring medicines are ordered and received in a timely manner to meet demand
· Sourcing new medicines from suppliers to meet with new demand and to support supply problems
· Working with Technicians and Pharmacists across all sites to provide information relating to status of products
· Supporting the Medicines Effectiveness team with Formulary and Saving initiatives
· Ensuring that the Pharmacy system is updated with new contract information
· Supplying information relating to shortages of medicines to support decision making in weekly shortages meetings
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
If you think you can rise to the challenge this job presents then please contact Graham Cripps – Pharmacy Purchasing & Distribution Operational Manager e.mail:graham.cripps@ouh.nhs.uk(Tel: 01865 225975)
Our Identity statement:
The supply of medication across all clinical areas in the Trust is essential to patient care.
To ensure this need is consistently met, the Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution Team are dedicated to providing a readily accessible, safe, constant service that meets the changing demands and pressures of the modern NHS.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024
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