Pharmacy Technician – Procurement and Distribution
Department: Pharmacy
Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Contract: Permanent
Salary range: £35000 per annum
Working hours: Full-time, 37.50 hours per week
Service hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am-8pm; Saturday 9:00am-2:30pm
Before applying for this role it is essential you have proven experience relevant experience within the UK in a pharmacy / pharmacy technician qualification.
Responsibilities
- To assist with a responsive delivery of Pharmacy fluid stocks to the wards, theatres and other Inpatient departments and ensure efficient stock rotation.
- Raise and transmit pharmacy purchase orders to suppliers according to departmental procedures, including electronic ordering via Ascribe / Powergate.
- Accurately check deliveries from suppliers and distribute to the appropriate destinations.
- Ensure stock is stored under correct conditions and stock rotation is carried out regularly as per CH SOPs.
- Carry out delivery note, invoice, and credit reconciliation.
- Using the Ascribe system; ensure correct price information is maintained.
- Ensure weekly and monthly reports are completed with respect to medicines procured.
- Clarify and follow up out of stock / stock unavailability information with wholesalers and manufacturers, ensuring that departments are regularly informed.
- Technical rotational service, ensuring that departmental service levels are maintained.
- Undertake Top-Up service of Pyxis and non-pyxis areas.
- Process returns of stock and disposal according to CH SOPs.
- Perform month end duties- Stock take, Stock rotation, crash trolley checks.
- Note: The role will require you to push trolleys, and manual handling as part of your day to day duties where necessary.
Key Skills / Qualifications
- Pyxis ES (essential)
- NVQ3 Pharmacy Technician (essential)
- Registered Pharmacy Technician GPhC (essential)
- Proven experience of pharmacy purchasing (essential)
Benefits
- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
- Access to Bupa Campus and our Clinical Training Facility to support your clinical career development
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
- Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work.
- Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass.
- Various other benefits and online discounts.
- Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work.
- Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony.
Diversity and Inclusion
That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job.
We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Safeguarding
All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.
Time Type: Full time; Job Area: Clinical Services; Locations: Cromwell Hospital London
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