Medicines Management Assistant

Primary Care 24; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 9,800 - 12,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

27 days annual leave pro rata

Cycle to work scheme

NHS car fleet scheme

NHS home electronics scheme

Blue light card eligibility

Colleague wellbeing package

Job summary

Primary Care 24 is seeking a Medicines Management Assistant to join the medicines management team at our Wavertree head office in Liverpool. You will support pharmacy purchasing, distribution, and audits, providing efficient administration within the Pharmacy department on a part-time basis.

The role focuses on stocking, stock checks, and ensuring safe storage and handling of FP10 prescriptions, with duties spanning stock control, driving between locations, and training teammates.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services (or relevant experience).
• GCSE grade C or above in English, Maths and Science.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word & Excel, and ability to use systems.
• Experience of pharmacy stock control.
• Proven time management and organisational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Overall manage the medicine supply for the service.
• Ensure trollies are fully stocked, transport medication between various locations and prescriptions for the urgent care centres.
• Carry out stock checks with attention to detail on how medications are stored, condition and in date.
• Ensure adequate supplies are maintained, stored, ordered and received correctly.
• Follow set policies and procedures and identify and report any discrepancies.
• To participate in the maintenance of the Controlled Drug registers.
• General administrative duties including photocopying, emailing, manual and electronic filing and the disposal of confidential information.
• To ensure correct supply and secure storage of FP10 prescriptions.
• Ensure prescriptions are supplied, collected and stored correctly.
• Assist with training team members.

Skills

Stock control

Time management

Communication

Driving licence

IT skills

Education

NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services

GCSE English/Maths/Science

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

We are looking for a Medicines Management Assistant who will be a key member of the medicines management team and support the medicines management department. You will support the pharmacy purchasing and distribution service, carrying our pharmacy duties & audits, and provide efficient administration services with the Pharmacy department.

Salary: £10,840.40 per annum

Department: Corporate – Medicines Management

Location: Wavertree head office, Liverpool

Shifts: Part time 15 hour contract, Monday and Friday (7.5 hours per day)

What will I be doing?

• Overall manage the medicine supply for the service.


• Ensure trollies are fully stocked, transport medication between various locations and prescriptions for the urgent care centres.


• Carry out stock checks with attention to detail on how medications are stored, condition and in date.


• Ensure adequate supplies are maintained, stored, ordered and received correctly.


• Follow set policies and procedures and identify and report any discrepancies.


• To participate in the maintenance of the Controlled Drug registers.


• General administrative duties including photocopying, emailing, manual and electronic filing and the disposal of confidential information.


• To ensure correct supply and secure storage of FP10 prescriptions.


• Ensure prescriptions are supplied, collected and stored correctly.


• Assist with training team members.

What do I need?

• NVQ level 2 certificate in pharmacy services (or relevant experience)


• GCSE grade C or above in English, Maths and Science


• Good IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Word & Excel, and ability to use systems.


• Experience of pharmacy stock control


• Proven time management and organisational skills


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills


• Full UK Driving Licence

What’s on offer?

• £10,840.40 per annum


• 27 days annual leave (pro rata) – previous NHS service will be taken into account.


• NHS pension scheme


• NHS car fleet scheme


• NHS home electronics scheme


• Cycle to work scheme


• Eligible to apply for blue light card


• Colleague wellbeing package - which includes a doctor line, access to Westfield rewards, wellbeing support and gym discounts.


• Colleague events

About us – Primary Care 24 (PC24)

Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 2004, predominately delivering NHS contracts. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.