Band 3 Pharmacy Store Assistant

BHR Hospitals; Romford; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

BHRUT, based at Queens Hospital in Romford, seeks an enthusiastic candidate to join the Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution team. You will help ensure the safe storage and supply of pharmaceuticals to wards and departments and support in purchasing, invoicing, and stock control.

Experience in NHS pharmacy stores and familiarity with automated dispensing systems are desirable. The role requires good communication, teamwork, and the ability to work under pressure in a busy store environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a team and communicate clearly in English.
• Experience in hospital Pharmacy environments is preferred.
• Experience with automated dispensing systems is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe storage and supply of Pharmaceuticals to wards, departments and dispensaries.
• Work in distribution, receiving, purchasing and invoicing areas.
• Be responsible for standards within the stores area and for staff training and development.
• Manage daily stock checks within pharmacy stores and support the Pharmacy robot.
• Provide a customer-focused service while working in a busy stores environment.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Education

NVQ Pharmacy Skills

GCSE English/Maths

Tools

Automated dispensing systems

Job description

PEOPLE are at the HEART of everything we do

This video gives a flavour of what it is like to work at our Trust and why some of our staff love working here

We are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious individual to join the staff in the Purchasing and Distribution department within Pharmacy at Queens Hospital, Essex.

You will be required to:

• To ensure the safe storage, and supply of Pharmaceuticals to wards, departments, and dispensaries throughout the trust.
• To work in distribution, receiving, purchasing and invoicing areas.
• To be responsible for the standards within the stores area, promoting good practice, Training and development of staff.
• To manage the daily stock check within pharmacy stores.
• To assist in the implementation and running of the Pharmacy stores robot.
• You will be self-motivated with good communication skills.
• You will have good time management and able to work effectively in a team and under their own initiative.

The position demands a well organised person, who can multi-task and demonstrate ability to accurately follow instruction and maintain competence in a very busy stores environment to provide a customer focused service.

Previous experience working within the NHS is desirable.

It would be desirable but not essential of some experience within the Pharmacy store and purchasing environment, although training and guidance will be given to the successful candidate.

Keyboard skills and knowledge of Microsoft office, Word and Excel are essential.

Main duties of the job

To liaise and support the Pharmacy store Manager, to supervise within the pharmacy store area and provide cover for Pharmacy Procurement and Invoicing.

You will assist in the day to day running of the department. They will ensure the safe storage and supply of Pharmaceuticals to wards, departments and dispensaries throughout the Trust. You will be responsible for standards within the area, promoting good practice, training and development of staff. You will help implement the running of the Pharmacy robot.

You will be expected to cover Pharmacy purchasing and invoicing.

Team working and organisational skills are required together with ability to prioritise when necessary. You should be able to remain calm under pressure and work conscientiously whilst paying particular attention to detail.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Pharmacy Service Skills (QCF) and/or Level 2 Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science
• 4 GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and Maths

Skills/ Abilities

• Ability to work in a team
• Good communication skills, both written and oral with appropriate standard of English

Experience/ Knowledge

• Has worked in Pharmacy Hospital environment
• Previous experience with automated dispensing systems

Inclusion
BHRUT is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who declare a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or identify as a Care Leaver and choose to be considered under our Disability Confident or Care Leaver schemes will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the essential criteria.

Safeguarding
BHRUT is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk. All employees are expected to share this commitment and follow the Trust's safeguarding policies.

Smoke-free Trust
BHRUT is a smoke-free Trust. All employees are expected to comply with our smoke-free policy.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.