03 October 2022
Exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join the Department of Health and Social Care’s Medicine Supply Team (MST) on a 6 month secondment
The Department’s MST is responsible for maintaining continuity of supply of medicines to UK patients and overseeing the NHS pharmaceutical supply chain to ensure that patients get the medicines they need. This work is focused on the management of medicines shortages and discontinuations. Further information about the day to day management of supply issues can be found here.
The successful post-holders will be joining a very flexible team that regularly needs to change focus and re-prioritise within the context of shifting threats to continuity of supply of medicines including: the potential impact of further waves of coronavirus (COVID-19); any impact from leaving the EU; and other (often unknown) disruptions to global manufacturing and/or transportation/supply chains, including disruptions in countries on which the UK supply chain is highly dependent, such as China and India.
Individuals need to demonstrate the following:
- Able to be released from current role as soon as possible for 6 months.
- Strong team working skills
- A flexible and proactive approach to work, comfortable working in a high-pressurised environment
- Good analytical and data management skills
- Experience using MS Office (including Excel)
- Able to produce good-quality written and verbal communications
- Able to work autonomously and prioritise tasks effectively to meet tight deadlines
- Has experience of working effectively across team boundaries
Further information can be found here.
Interested individuals should contact Kate Mitchell (kate.mitchell@dhsc.gov.uk) or Eithne O’Halloran (eithne.ohalloran@dhsc.gov.uk) by Monday 17th October. It is expected that a conversation with line managers to agree release from current role takes place prior to expressing an interest.