Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 319-7269249JA-HAS
- Employer
- Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northumbria Specialist Care Hospital
- Town
- Cramlington
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Store Person
NHS AfC: Band 2
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job overview
We have an opportunity for a Pharmacy Stores Person, you will contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive and modern pharmacy service by undertaking activities within the pharmacy and at ward level which contribute to the efficient and effective delivery of medicines to patients
There will be an expectation to order and distribute medication to the wards and departments on site, this will include the bulk IV heavy fluids and ready prepared intravenous fluid bags. Due to the nature of these items there will be a requirement for manual handling and using specified manual handling equipment
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Duties are mainly, but not exclusively linked to the top up service provided at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, i.e.-
- receipt of orders from wholesalers for bulk heavy fluid
- sourcing urgent medication for wards
- regular deliveries to the wards
- ward top-up services and ordering
- receipt and distribution of bulk heavy fluids
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To communicate routine information with other healthcare staff to ensure that a safe and effective system of supply of medicines is maintained to patients
To communicate routine information regarding unavailability of pharmaceutical stock to the procurement team as well as Store manager and Pharmacy technician specialist - Logistics within pharmacy and to pass on any relevant information to the end user i.e. alternative pack size, strength or product
To communicate routine information to delivery drivers and porters both internal and external to the Trust
Interprets information from delivery notes to identify the accuracy of orders
Judges whether goods received are fit for intended use (e.g. checks expiry dates, brand.)
Interprets information (e.g. drug, formulation, strength) on delivery notes before placing stock in appropriate locations
Self-checks own work
To be able to assess any errors/warnings that are given via the Omnicell , refrigerators or other equipment within the department and have the ability to take the appropriate action or refer to a senior member of the pharmacy team
In absence of Site lead expected to prioritise distrubution of bulk IV fluids and top up services over other tasks
Physical skills obtained through practice / Keyboard skills required to use the pharmacy computer system
Operating the use of MHE such as an electric pallet truck and electronic picker/stacker to deliver medication and bulk IV fluid to wards and departments, using trolleys or mechanical aids
The ability to use barcode scanners to read bar coded stock lists to produce picking tickets.
Ability to change speed of work depending on workload pressures
To follow Pharmacy Department Standard Operating Procedures
To be responsible for the stock checking, distribution safe/secure storage of medicines.
Consistent demonstration of due care and regard for the fabric, property, fixtures and fittings of all Trust estate, in particular walls and wall coverings when conveying medication supplies to wards and departments and when manoeuvring items within the pharmacy department
Report all faults to equipment and ensure a speedy resolution
Completion of monthly stock takes as required
Ensure stock rotation and adequate supplies are maintained
Monitors ward stock on designated wards. Requirements may change e.g. during busy periods or bank holidays, therefore the post holder is required to use their judgement in this type of event.
To have awareness of stock levels and communicate when critical levels are reached and when out of stock notifications are given so that a solution can be found.
To participate in the training of new staff including student technicians, work experience students and other new pharmacy staff in the post holder’s area of work.
Training will be provided on the job and other specific training as required and as agreed at the annual appraisal or as required to meet the requirements of the service
To use the Pharmacy computer system to input data to facilitate the receipt of goods, issue stock to wards; departments; other sites and external organisations e.g. Clinics, other hospitals.
To ensure that they are aware of the standards, policies, procedures relating to Information Security Management Systems (BS7799) reflected in the IM&T Security Manuals.
To remain aware of the policies and procedures in line with NHS guidance and legislation relating to confidentiality e.g. Data Protection Act 1998; Caldicott Principles; NHS Code of Confidentiality and Human Rights
You will be expected to have basic functional skills, including literacy, mathematics and digital skills. Digitally literacy is the ability to locate, organise, understand, evaluate and analyse information using digital sources. This is in line with ‘digital readiness indicator for health and social care’, which has been developed in the Building a Digital Ready Workforce Programme (BDRW), between Health Education England (HEE) and NHS Digital, and is part of the Government’s Digital Transformation Portfolio (DTP) (2019
To participate in audits and surveys as appropriate
Works to well established procedures, supervision is close by.
To work within the guidelines of Pharmacy Standard Operating Procedures under the supervision of the Store Manager and /or Pharmacy Specialist Technician - Logistics. Depending on the area of work they may also be supervised by another Senior Technical Manager or Pharmacist.
To work with all members of staff within teams and under own initiative.
Person specification
Qualifications/Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Range of routine work procedures, requiring job training. Knowledge of procedures for own pharmacy area – on the job training, working towards NVQ2 or equivalent experience
- To have basic functional skills, including literacy, mathematics to GSCE Grade C or above/Level 4 or equivalent
- Will be expected to complete the relevant Recognised Level 2/GPHC approved Pharmacy Qualification e.g. ‘Buttercups Support Staff Course for Pharmacy Stock Management’
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a similar post.
- An understanding of stock control procedures, distribution and delivery systems, manual handling procedures including the use of lifting equipment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Scott
- Job title
- Ward Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 293 2729
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