Falkland Islands - Pharmacy Technician (Procurement Lead)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £28,982.00 i £35,672.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £28982.00 - £35672.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Stanley, AA1 1AA |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | G0005-200-25-320594 |
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Responsible for the day-to-day running of the hospitals pharmaceutical procurement, ensuring a robust stock management system is in place. Review and refine existing stock management processes, updating policies and standard operating procedures as required. Ensure routine stock orders are compiled and placed in a timely manner in accordance with published shipping schedules. Proactively react to out-of-stock issues that emerge, keeping pharmacy and clinical staff appraised of the situation. Ensuring that emergency and ad hoc ordering is completed urgently, and that the patient impact of any stock shortages is minimised. Ensure that the electronic stock management records are accurately maintained, and that errors and discrepancies are corrected in a timely manner. Lead and co-ordinate the annual pharmacy stock take, in addition to ensuring that high value and controlled drug lines are subjected to more regular periodic inspection. Responsible for managing the controlled drug ordering process, ensuring that import licences are generated and submitted to the relevant supplier in accordance with the requisite lead times. Regularly review stock holdings, ensuring that minimum stock levels are adjusted (both up and down) depending on changing usage patterns. Ensure that robust processes are in place to minimise stock wastage, including ensuring the stock lines that are no longer required are deactivated from re-ordering. Regularly review spend against the allocated budget, alerting the pharmacist and hospital management of any expected issues. Proactively review procurement arrangements, including liaising with international suppliers to develop and strengthen relationships and ensure that robust and value-for-money procurement arrangements are in place. Ensure that robust processes are in place to maintain the integrity of chilled and frozen goods in transit, and that assurance of the suitability and safety of receipted goods can be given. Ensure that robust processes are in place to monitor the expiration of products, that essential medicines are ordered and replaced before their expiry date, and that systems are in place to remove and dispose of expired pharmaceuticals. Develop and report on key performance indicators for pharmacy procurement, which will be reported to the Senior Management Team. Deputising for the pharmacist where appropriate, including with regards to staff supervision and management in the pharmacy. Prepare, dispense and supply in a timely and safe manner (including monitored dose systems and extemporaneous preparations) all medicines prescribed or requested by qualified medical personnel within the organisation. This includes the generation of repeat prescriptions. Maintain accurate patient medication records using the hospital patient record system, making appropriate records of any interventions made. Provide an over the counter medicine service to the general public, ensuring items are supplied safely after appropriate information is gained from and provided to patients. Know when to refer to the pharmacist or other hospital services for further advice or counselling. Assist the pharmacist in ensuring safe and effective prescribing and dispensing standards are maintained with reference to the local formulary, local and international guidelines as well as professional and legal standards. Supply pharmaceutical stock to other hospital departments, external government departments and ships as per local procedures. Ensure that all medicines (including controlled drugs) are stored in accordance with hospital procedures, legal specifications, manufacturers guidelines and COSHH regulations to maintain safety and potency. Collate and submit accurate statistical information in accordance with the requirements of the organisation as well as external bodies. Provide supervision and guidance to other pharmacy staff as required.