Pharmacy Distribution Supervisor

This post has been newly created to support Welsh Government and NHS Wales achieve key objectives for managing medicines efficiently and resourcefully across Wales. These objectives include centralised management of seasonal vaccinations (Influenza and Covid-19 booster programmes) and the development of a medicine buffer stockpile. The activities within this role will be performed under the Wholesale Dealer Authorisation (H) Regulations.

The role will be based at NWSSP Medicine unit at Imperial Park 5 with a requirement to attend Picketston site (St Athan) weekly, to perform checking activities on assembled medicine orders which include Controlled Drugs (CD’s) vaccines and other prescription only medicines (POM).

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post: English and / or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The Post holder will plan and organise the daily procurement, receipt and distribution activities required to deliver an efficient, cost-effective pharmacy procurement service, under Wholesale Dealer authorisation (WDA) requirements, to meet the needs of the customer. Working within Good Distribution Practices (GDP) to ensure the distribution of medicines is made accurately and in a safe manner, whilst being maintained as per manufacturers requirements.

The post holder will be supported by a team of pharmacy distribution support officers and will have supervisory and line management responsibilities for this team.

The role involves using IT systems such as Pharmacy and Oracle procurement as well as quality management systems (QMS) to demonstrate regulatory and financial compliance.

Accuracy checking of assembled orders and batch documentation is required within this role and maintaining accurate and detailed records of distributed medicines to provide a clear audit trail in the event of a customer query, complaint or a product recall.

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit https://nwssp.nhs.wales/working-for-us/

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Lewis Job title: Pharmacy WDA and Logistics Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 02921501515