Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 20 months (until 31st March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekend working on rotation)
- Job ref
- 156-6381638
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £22,383 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Pharmacy Purchasing and Stores Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
The Pharmacy Department is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and hardworking individual to join our purchasing team as a Pharmacy Purchasing and Stores Assistant working in the pharmacy store and with the pharmacy robot to ensure urgent medicines are received into the Trust and that fluids and feeds are stored and supplied according to the high standards set out by our wholesale dealer's licence. You will also undertake transportation duties, transporting temperature controlled medicines to healthcare locations around Cornwall.
This is a full time post working an average of 37.5 hours per week including weekends and late evenings on a rota.
Main duties of the job
To work as a member of the procurement team supporting the procurement officer in the purchase of medicine supplies for the Trust. To utilise the computerised pharmacy stock control system for the ordering and receipt of medicine.
To perform routine operations of the robot
To work as member of the pharmacy stores team to ensure pharmacy goods are received into the Trust and that fluids and feeds are provided to clinical areas. Work under our wholesale distributors authorisation providing fluid and feeds to our external customers. Ensure the pharmacy store is maintained to a high standard.
Working for our organisation
Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
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Identity Checks
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Professional registration and qualification checks
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Employment history and reference checks
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Work health assessments
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Criminal record check standards
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Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Drivers licence with no points
Desirable criteria
- GCSE Grade C in Maths and English or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a customer care environment or warehouse
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a hospital or pharmacy
Practical and intellectual ski
Essential criteria
- Good all round communication skills
- Able to demonstrate good levels of accuracy in all work areas
Desirable criteria
- Able to work with PCs and other devices
Disposition
Essential criteria
- Able to work effectively as part of a team
Training
Essential criteria
- Prepared to attend those course which are deemed necessary by the Chief Pharmacist
Physical Make up
Essential criteria
- Able to meet the requirements of the role. This job involves constant walking around site.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ross James
- Job title
- Stores Lead ATO
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 252842
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