Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Distribution and Stores

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 April 2025

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Job summary

Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Distribution and Stores

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 3

Salary:£24,071 - £25,674 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Senior Pharmacy Assistant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

Assist the leadership and day to day running of Pharmacy stores, Distribution

Assist in the training of Pharmacy personnel within the designated areas

To ensure the smooth daily running of the Stores, Distribution areas including organising workload, daily rotas and ad hoc queries

Provide advice and support for pharmacy staff within the department and hospital staff

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

275-2503SPA-DS1

Job locations

Medway pharmacy Level 2 red Zone

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Job description

Job responsibilities

To supervise staff within the Pharmacy department

To investigate, follow-up and record any discrepancies with stock

Prioritise workload within the department

Participate in the supply of stock medication via the ward top up service. Liaise with relevant ward pharmacists and ward staff to provide an effective and efficient service

To ensure the storage of the products complies with temperature and cleanliness standards and meets health and safety requirements and the requirements of our wholesale dealers license

To manage the receipt and storage of medicines in the robot and ensure all robot ARX problems are resolved in a timely manner or referred to the stores manager

Ensure that any to-follow or out of stock issues are promptly and accurately reported to the procurement manager

To ensure all stock is used in rotation

To ensure that the equipment used in storing and handling pharmaceutical products is in good operational condition and to report on such equipment

Job description

Job responsibilities

To supervise staff within the Pharmacy department

To investigate, follow-up and record any discrepancies with stock

Prioritise workload within the department

Participate in the supply of stock medication via the ward top up service. Liaise with relevant ward pharmacists and ward staff to provide an effective and efficient service

To ensure the storage of the products complies with temperature and cleanliness standards and meets health and safety requirements and the requirements of our wholesale dealers license

To manage the receipt and storage of medicines in the robot and ensure all robot ARX problems are resolved in a timely manner or referred to the stores manager

Ensure that any to-follow or out of stock issues are promptly and accurately reported to the procurement manager

To ensure all stock is used in rotation

To ensure that the equipment used in storing and handling pharmaceutical products is in good operational condition and to report on such equipment

Person Specification

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Person Specification

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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.