Technical Team Leader - Stores and Distribution

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with strong leadership skills and an enthusiasm for pharmacy operations to lead our stores and distribution services on our Aintree site
Working with the Technical Services Manager for Purchasing, Stores and Distribution you will lead and develop the existing stores and distribution teams towards our vision of merging into one cross-site team for purchasing and distribution services across LUHFT.
This post is full time (37.5 hours) but options for flexible working apply., Your core role will involve leading the team responsible for the safe and effective receipt and distribution of medicines on the Aintree site. You will be a key member of the Procurement Operational Group, linking in with purchasing and medicines value colleagues to ensure robust processes are in place to provide stocked medicines to our wards and departments. You will also support the management of critical supply shortages across LUHFT., To assist the Technical Services Manager in the operational management and development of the pharmacy stores and distribution service.
To update and take responsibility for departmental policies and procedures for operational activities within the pharmacy department and stores areas.
To plan, co-ordinate and manage the workload of pharmacy technical and support staff within the Pharmacy store.
To ensure safe systems are in operation for receipt and distribution of medicines within pharmacy stores.
To work with the Technical Services Manager to support performance management targets within the Pharmacy store.
To ensure compliance with relevant Trust, regional and national guidelines with regards to medicines receipt and Good Distribution Practice.
To manage logistics and transfer of medicines between all sites of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and external customers.
To ensure compliance with WDA(H) regulations set out by the MHRA in the capacity of Operational Store Lead for the applicable hospital site(s)
To support workforce planning for technical and support staff by actively participating in staff recruitment.
To support with medicines procurement and monitoring supply disruptions, ensuring the safe and effective management and communication of issues impacting on the Trust.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.

You must possess excellent organisational skills to undertake this role: You must be able to work accurately, have a good eye for detail, be able to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service. Experience of working as a Technician leader in a busy Pharmacy department is essential, as is an excellent working knowledge of good distribution practice and processes. A good knowledge or experience of working in a Pharmacy store in possession of WDA(H) would also be beneficial to anyone considering this role.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.