Pharmacy Technician – Medicines Procurement and Distribution | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 October 2025 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP |
| Company: | Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7410449/225-DIV3-7410449 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team who are developing new ways of working, efficiencies and digital solutions to Pharmacy procurement and distribution.
This role will give you the opportunity to work across all areas of pharmacy procurement and distribution including:
Procurement, ward distribution, pharmacy stores, prep services and homecare and high cost drugs.
The successful candidate will demonstrate qualities of leadership, project implementation and effective time management skills.
To work in partnership with the Principal Pharmacist, Chief Technician and Senior technicians within Pharmacy medicines procurement and distribution teams providing a high-quality service
To rotate between the specialist areas of pharmacy procurement and distribution including pharmacy stores, ward distribution, procurement and homecare/high cost drugs
Provide support to prep services where appropriate
To co-ordinate the workload and supervise activities day-to-day
To assist in the development and implementation of standard operating procedures ensuring they are fit for purpose and in date at all times
To support and supervise the training of staff working within the pharmacy procurement and distribution team.
To train, monitor and develop the role of an Assistant Technical Officer and to identify any training needs within the pharmacy procurement and distribution teams
To support the capturing and reporting of relevant KPI’s across all pharmacy procurement and distribution activities
Proactively support service development and quality improvement projects within the pharmacy procurement and distribution team and the wider pharmacy team
Undertake regular dispensary-based core duties such as dispensing and accuracy checking in line with the agreed rota and needs of the service
To work in accordance with Trust policies and pharmacy local procedures.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as“Good”by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025