Job vacancy: Pharmacy (Aseptic Services) Stores Team Leader, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Job summary

Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 287-DSS-23-25

Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Liverpool University Hospitals
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/02/2025 23:59

Pharmacy (Aseptic Services) Stores Team Leader

Band 4

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The core element of this role is to manage the Aseptics stores area. This includes receiving deliveries, stock checks, supply of medicines, overseeing temperature monitoring and investigating and resolving a range of problems.

To supervise and provide training to staff members on their roles, duties and responsibilities within the aseptic orders service, ensuring all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are up to date and followed by all staff.

See attached JD for further information.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
GCSE's or equivalent (C or above) in English and Maths

Experience

Essential criteria

Demonstrable experience within a store / procurement role
Experience and understanding of stock management processes and stock takes

Desirable criteria

Experience in Pharmacy / Pharmacy aseptic services stores and procurement
Experience of training and development of staff
Experience of involvement in producing and evaluating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of Trust financial procedures and practices (Pharmacy Stock Management)
Knowledge of hospital procurement service including ordering and stock control
Knowledge of audits and risk assessments
Demonstrates an understanding of Health and Safety policies and standards

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of national and trust wide initiatives regarding pharmaceutical supplies
Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture
Knowledge of legislation and documents relating to NHS pharmacy procurement

Skills

Essential criteria

Numerical accuracy including the ability to complete difficult calculations
Able to analyse and interpret information, including the ability to identify errors, investigate and resolve problems
Able to communicate information and ideas to others effectively - both written and verbal form, including other healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical suppliers and if required patients or their representatives
Good customer service skills and the ability to deal objectively with complaints
Methodical and accurate working with periods of concentration required, sometimes over a prolonged period, including when using computer software.
Good organisational skills, able to organise own work and plan work of others
Able to use software packages inline with systems embedded at the facility
Training / coaching / mentorship skills. Commitment to personal development
Good communication skills, the ability to always remain professional.
Adaptable and flexible, must have ability to use own initiative.

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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.