Pharmacy Stores Supervisor

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust; Truro; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Cornwall is looking for a team supervisor for their pharmacy store. This role involves managing pharmacy staff, overseeing compliance with regulatory practices, and ensuring smooth daily operations. The ideal candidate will have relevant supervisory experience and a background in customer care, particularly in a pharmacy setting. This position offers a chance to work with a dedicated team and contribute to improving patient care. Flexible working arrangements may be discussed during the interview.

Qualifications

• GCSE Level qualification in Maths and English or equivalent is required.
• Experience in customer care and hospital pharmacy is essential.
• Supervisory experience is required.
• Demonstrated communication skills, accuracy, and PC proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Supervise pharmacy store staff.
• Manage goods inwards and receipts.
• Oversee fluid and feed top-up.
• Process orders and maintain store management.

Skills

Communication skills

Accuracy in work

PC proficiency

Supervisory experience

Customer care experience

Education

GCSE Grade 4 (C) in Maths and English or equivalent

Tools

Wellsky stock control system

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to work in our pharmacy store as a team supervisor. You will work alongside the pharmacy stores manager in our licensed pharmacy store.

The role involves managing the staff in the pharmacy store and to deputise for the Stores Manager. To undertake all pharmacy stores duties as required. To ensure all pharmacy activities within the store are compliant with Good Distribution Practice.

You will work Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm with the requirement to work some late shifts, bank holidays and weekend days on a rota.

Main duties of the job

Staff Management

Goods inwards and goods receipt

Fluid and feed top up

Order processing

Store Management

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.

Job responsibilities

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• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

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We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE Grade 4 (C) in Maths and English or equivalent

Experience

• Experience in a customer care or warehouse environment
• Experience in a hospital pharmacy store
• Experience in supervising staff
• Experience in training staff

Pracitical and Intellectual Skills

• Good all round communication skills
• Able to demonstrate good levels of accuracy in all work areas.
• Abe to work with PCs.
• Experience of using Wellsky stock control system

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.