Job Details:
Banding: 5/6
Hourly Rate: £23.50 Band 5 / £25.73 Band 6
Working hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 530pm
Payment Method: Umbrella or PAYE
Contract Type: Locum
Contract Length: Maternity leave cover
Job Summary:
- Manage the stores & distribution team and service, providing an efficient day to day running and coordination of services and personnel in the stores and distribution area.
- Ensure an efficient and effective top-up and distribution service is provided to all wards and departments.
- Ensure stock level and expiry date checks are carried out in accordance with the relevant SOPs.
- Participate in the education and training of pharmacists, technicians & assistants.
- Use for the Epic system for stores and distribution related issues and provide support and training on its use.
- Support/partake in trust wide and departmental projects where stores & distribution expertise and knowledge are required.
- Ensure the maintenance and rotation of adequate stock levels of all medicines and consumables stocked within stores to avoid unnecessary waste.
- Co-ordinate and supervise stores staff with regards to cycle counts,
picking lists for top-up requests, boxes of stock items and any other work
undertaken within stores or distribution.
- Ensure appropriate working conditions are maintained and that the relevant principles of Good & Safe Practices, and those of the Health & Safety at Work Act are applied at all times.
- Ensure the appropriate storage of all medicinal products ensuring all temperature requirements are adhered to.
- Co-ordinate an efficient ward topping-up service and produce and disseminate weekly rotas to staff.
- Co-ordinate regular reviews of the ward stock lists in conjunction with relevant colleagues.
- Operational requirements as demanded by the day to day working environment such as unloading the bulk IV fluids deliveries into the IV storage area.
- Co-ordinate the day to day requirements of medical gases storage and supply and ensure medical gas training requirements are maintained for the stores team.
- Assist and co-ordinate the training and accreditation of Pharmacy Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacist and Pre-registration trainees within the stores team.
- Train all new staff in current ward topping up procedures and monitor their progress on a regular basis.
- To ensure SOPs are adhered to and record keeping and training documents are completed appropriately.
- Co-ordinate actions related toto the department’s drug recall procedure for
medicines stocked within the stores and dispensary areas
Essential Candidate Criteria:
- BTEC/NVQ 3 in Pharmaceutical Service
- Registered as a practicing pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Minimum two year’s staff management/supervision experience
- Minimum of 2 year’s working within a pharmacy stores and distribution service
Blackstone Benefits:
✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant
✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs
✅Complete onboarding support
✅Framework Rates
✅Informed tailored career advice
✅Personalised job alerts
✅Unlimited referral bonus
✅Prompt payroll
For further information on this role, please contact Emma Ansett at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now