Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Wye Valley NHS Trust Pharmacy team in a key role supporting the management and delivery of pharmacy information and ICT systems.

The post holder will play a vital role in maintaining and developing pharmacy databases and digital systems to ensure the safe, efficient, and financially responsible procurement, labelling, and supply of medicines across the Trust. Working closely with the Pharmacy Systems Manager and Procurement team, you will help ensure high-quality data, support service improvement, and enable informed decision-making aligned with Trust and wider NHS strategies.

Main duties of the job

• To collaborate with pharmacy, medical, nursing, and other healthcare professionals to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred medicine use.
• To monitor and document medicine supply issues, working with the Pharmacy Procurement management team to implement systems that ensure continuity of supply and minimise patient impact. Manage and maintain key pharmacy data systems (OHP, SSRS, Tecsol), acting as the operational System Manager to ensure their functionality and alignment with service needs.
• To assist in the operational management of automated dispensing cabinets and any other automated product delivered in Pharmacy
• To oversee the accuracy and maintenance of data sets linked to procurement, distribution, and dispensing, ensuring compliance with financial, regulatory, and professional standards.
• To develop and maintain SOPs for system use, identifying the need for new procedures and ensuring updates are clearly communicated to all users.
• To implement service developments in line with Pharmacy strategies and under the direction of the Pharmacy Systems Manager

About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description
for more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• NVQ3 Pharmacy Technician/Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
• Accuracy Checking Technician Qualification
• Degree in systems management/equivalent qualification/equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Management Qualification at Level 3

Skills
Essential

• Ability to dispense accurately
• Knowledge and understanding of basic management principles including team management and motivation
• IT Literate in routine Microsoft applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc)

Experience
Essential

• Significant relevant experience as Pharmacy technician
• Experience of maintaining and developing data sets
• Experience of training in ICT / data management systems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).