Pharmacy Storekeeper / Clerk - Band 2

Posted 8 hours 49 minutes ago by United Lincolnshire Hospitals

Permanent
Full Time
Retail & Consumer Products Jobs
Lincolnshire, Lincoln, United Kingdom, LN1 1
Job Description
We are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sectors of the community.

Main area Pharmacy Storekeeper / Clerk Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday days ) Job ref 357-LN-544-26-B Site Lincoln County Hospital Town Lincoln Salary £25,272 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/:59

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals - people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.

Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.

Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We've taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Caring and building a healthier future for all" - stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,what is in it for you?
  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.
  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours - usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours - having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns - to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.
  • In addition, there ismore.
In addition, there ismore.
  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  • Financial support and benefits i ncluding Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  • Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.
Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK's most welcoming counties. Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job overview To receive pharmaceutical goods, unpack and inspect the integrity and quality of contents. To check all deliveries; comparing the product to a delivery note, copy order and computer data and then to input details accurately into the pharmacy computer system.

To demonstrate an extensive knowledge of stock control procedures to maintain an efficient stock control system, to ensure safe and secure movement of pharmaceuticals.

To assemble and return any unwanted, damaged or incorrect deliveries to suppliers.

To supply pharmaceuticals to wards, departments and other ULHT sites against requisition notes as a top up service or by direct supply.

To conduct expiry date checks, stocktaking and stock returns as required.

Main duties of the job To receive pharmaceutical goods, unpack and inspect the integrity and quality of contents. To check all deliveries; comparing the product to a delivery note, copy order and computer data and then to input details accurately into the pharmacy computer system.

To demonstrate an extensive knowledge of stock control procedures to maintain an efficient stock control system, to ensure safe and secure movement of pharmaceuticals.

To assemble and return any unwanted, damaged or incorrect deliveries to suppliers.

To supply pharmaceuticals to wards, departments and other ULHT sites against requisition notes as a top up service or by direct supply.

To conduct expiry date checks, stocktaking and stock returns as required.

Working for our organisation Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

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Qualifications
  • General Clerical Skills including keyboard & IT skills
  • NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services or willingness to work towards achieving it
  • Simple Mental Arithmetic Skills
  • GCSE grades A-C or equivalent in English . click apply for full job details