Lead Procurement Pharmacy Technician

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Job Summary
Salary: £45,000 - £49,000
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY
Contract: Full-Time & Permanent
What are we looking for?
Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Lead Procurement Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team, with a salary of up to £49,000 on offer.
The post holder will support the delivery of the Cleveland Clinic London (CCL) Medicines Optimisation mission of providing safe, effective, high quality and efficient pharmaceutical care by optimising medicines safety and patient outcomes.
This is a Monday – Friday role, 9 – 5 role, with flexibility required around possible extra hours and weekend working.
What makes us different?
Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, ‘Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve’, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.
Patient safety is at the heart of all our pharmacy services. At Cleveland Clinic London, we’ll be using automation, unique to the UK, digital infrastructure, secure storage systems, and bar-coded medicines administration to achieve a closed loop medicines administration system. Our Pharmacy services will enable patients to be fully involved in their own care and to make shared decisions about their treatment.
What will your duties include?
Lead, organise and manage the Procurement and Purchasing service.
Day-to-day pharmacy procurement using Epic and GHX systems to make sure hospitals have enough stock of required pharmaceuticals.
Be responsible for actioning the alerts and recalls of all medicines throughout the hospital.
Maintain and develop high quality, consistent, patient-focused pharmacy services in conjunction with clinical and patient services staff.
Participate in the efficient day to day running of the dispensary and assisting the lead/senior technician/ Pharmacist when required.
What we need from you?
NVQ Level 3 (or recognised equivalent) in Pharmaceutical Services (or similar).
Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Extensive experience of working in Hospital Pharmacy Procurement (Essential).
Experience in using PowerGate or other GHX platforms (Desirable).
Experience of working in a busy dispensary department (Essential).
What We Offer
As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:
25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%
Private Medical & Dental Insurance
Life Assurance
Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes
Workplace Nursery Scheme
Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support
Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed
Access to discounts on food, retail, and more
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Who we are?
Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.
With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.
If you would like to know more, please email .
Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check
This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”
As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.
CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.