Pharmacy Logistics Senior Assistant - Llantrisant, United Kingdom - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
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Llantrisant, United Kingdom

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An exciting opportunity has become available to join the pharmacy team at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital Llantrisant as a Logistics Senior Assistant.


Our Assistants are valued members of the Pharmacy team and this role is an opportunity to develop further in the areas of logistics and procurement.


The post holder will work closely with our team of Pharmacy Assistants to provide an efficient Pharmacy Logistics service providing support to the Senior Technician and Logistics Manager to include all aspects of ordering, receipting, stock control and distribution of medicines.

You must possess excellent communication, organizational skills and have experience in a procurement / supply chain management environment.


We are committed to the development of our staff and offer excellent training where you will be supported and encouraged to develop in this role.


Applicants must have or be willing to work towards an NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service skills / Pharmaceutical Sciences.

English and Mathematics GCSE to a level C or above is essential.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.


The successful post holder will provide support to the Logistics Manager and Senior Technician and under their supervision you will be involved in a broad range of activities including all aspects of ordering, receipting, stock control and distribution of medicines.

The role will include manual handling and the movement of pharmacy goods within the department.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.

Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs:
Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.


We live by our core values:
We listen, learn and improve

We treat everyone with respect

We all work together as one team


We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.


Accurately goods receive pharmaceuticals checking and matching delivery paperwork, inputting the receipt data onto Wellsky and passing all paper work to Pharmacy Finance Office to enable prompt invoice processing.

Create, review and process orders to nominated suppliers adhering to UHB standing financial instructions and Pharmacy Standard Operating Procedures.


Communicate with suppliers to ensure adequate, timely and accurate supplies of medicines ensuring that potential and ongoing supply issues are referred to the appropriate staff in order to maintain continuity of supplies.


Oversee the receipt and storage of medicines into the robot, prioritizing loading and identifying and resolving loading issues reporting to the Logistics Management Team where appropriate.

Investigate, follow-up and record any discrepancies with stock received, ensuring that incorrect, inappropriate, or damaged deliveries are returned to suppliers so that financial credits can be claimed and processed


Check expiry and short dated stock records in robot and in Expiry file for items due to expire, removing these items from stock, issuing to waste and requesting reorder if required.

Participate in the induction and training of pharmacy assistants, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and new staff. by explaining and demonstrating duties


To be a first line trouble-shooter for the automated pharmacy dispensing system, undertake routine robot stock maintenance and provide training for all levels of Robot users to include basis users and troubleshooters.


Undertake rolling cycle counts of ward automated cabinets to maintain accurate stock levels and records, adjusting stock and reporting potential discrepancy problems and provide training in all aspects of Robot / Ward cabinet use, from induction of new staff to training new departmental trouble-shooters.

Further detailed information is available on the main job description.
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