Operational Manager – Pharmacy Procurement

Job overview

Operational Manager – Pharmacy Procurement 8A 37.5 hours per week

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Pharmacy technician or Pharmacist to lead our Pharmacy Procurement team. The ideal candidate will be forward-thinking, with a strong commitment to delivering exceptional service to our customers and, ultimately, our patients.

Main duties of the job

UCLH operates an offsite pharmacy warehouse, which holds a wholesaler license with the MHRA and is licensed by the Home Office to supply controlled drugs. The unit manages an annual expenditure of over £210 million. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the efficient procurement of medicines.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

In addition to providing medicines to all areas of UCLH, the service extends to multiple external customers, including other local NHS trusts. The post-holder will also assist the Director of Pharmacy Operations in maintaining and developing pharmacy services across the Trust as part of a strategic working group.

• Lead the strategic development of pharmacy medicines procurement at the trust and external customers (where relevant) to meet local, regional, and nationally agreed requirements and priorities. •    To develop and coordinate procurement strategy to ensure efficient and cost-effective procurement of medicines which are of acceptable quality, available when needed and represent the best possible value for money. •    Delivery of an effective, efficient, and high-quality medicines procurement in line with all professional and regulatory standards, for UCLH NHS Foundation Trust and other relevant customers.  •    Build and maintain proactive strategic relationships with all stakeholders including suppliers, other appropriate NHS providers, commissioner colleagues and other NHS bodies such as NHS Improvement. •    Train and develop the team to deliver an expert, high quality, effective stakeholder-focused service to all areas of responsibility. •    Ensuring the trust is exposed to minimum clinical risk by purchasing from reputable suppliers and that unlicensed products are identified for the Quality Assurance team. •    Managing the Pharmacy Purchasing Office which generates orders and approves invoices worth around 210 million pounds per year. •    Minimising the out of stocks and thereby support the KPI of 98% service level. Failure to achieve a high standard of performance may lead to delays in patient treatment with subsequent morbidity or even mortality. •    Managing the daily continuity of supply of drugs and or suggesting suitable alternatives if no stocks are available. Responding urgently to concerns over the stocking of critical medicines to prevent patient morbidity and or mortality. •    To ensure all suppliers and customers are validated as per MHRA requirements.

The position will be based at the Pharmacy Business and Distribution Centre at Brewery Road, N7 9NH, with occasional travel or visits to other UCLH sites.

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