Lead Pharmacy Technician - Digital and Procurement

Lead Pharmacy Technician - Digital and Procurement

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 16 February 2026

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to lead the technical aspects of the Digital and Procurement Pharmacy service.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has excellent communication skills and is committed to supporting high-quality patient care.

Applicants should have extensive experience in working as a pharmacy technician along with relevant experience in digital systems and procurement processes, as well as a high level of digital competence and IT skills.

The successful candidate will be the lead member of Pharmacy Procurement and will play an essential role in ensuring the safe, efficient and cost-effective procurement of medicines and pharmaceutical products for Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Closing date: 16 February 2026

Shortlisting: 17 February 2026 onwards

Interviews:
Likely to be early March 2026

Lead the Pharmacy Procurement service and work as part of a team to ensure those responsible for ordering medicines and pharmaceutical supplies do so in line with Trust procedures and SOPs.

Create Trust procedures and SOPs for monitoring stock levels to ensure continuity of supply across all clinical areas, managing outstanding orders, liaising with suppliers and wholesalers to resolve supply issues and sourcing alternatives where needed.

Supporting the Pharmacy team with stock management shortages.

Providing excellent customer service to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.

Support the Digital Pharmacy team with projects, service development and maintenance of electronic prescribing.

Ensure compliance with medicines management, governance, and Controlled Drugs requirements.

Support audits, incident reporting, SOP development, and service improvement.

Provide training and support to staff in digital systems and procurement processes.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status. Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trusts eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa.

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