Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Procurement & Homecare Medicines

The Pharmacy team at the Royal Cornwall Hospital are looking to recruit a Senior Assistant to cover a 12 month period of Maternity leave , who will specialise in pharmacy procurement and Homecare medicines services.
You will work as part of our fantastic pharmacy procurement team . Supporting the management of all areas of the medicines supply chain including out of stocks, medicines shortages and sourcing alternative medicines.
You will assist the Homecare Lead in the provision of Homecare services. Support the Homecare Lead to manage and produce monthly financial analysis of homecare provision.
This is a full-time fixed term post working 37.5 hours per week for a period of 12 months to cover maternity leave.
There will be the opportunity to discuss working from home and/or to work flexibly, dependant on agreement with the Senior Manager.
If sufficient applications are received the post may be closed early., This is an exciting opportunity for the right person, you must hold 5 GCSEs grade C or above including maths and English or equivalent. You will have experience of working in a hospital, pharmacy or customer care environment and be able to work as part of a team. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, well-motivated, individual who has good organisational skills. At RCHT we pride ourselves on putting the patient first and delivering the best possible service.
Your role as part of the team will be to purchase the medicines required by secondary care in Cornwall. You will also be involved in maintaining a medicines homecare service for the 3000+ patients that rely on this offering., PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side
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Benefits include optional pension and life assurance. The Trust has a dedicated Childcare Co-ordination Team who can support and advise staff on childcare related issues.
We are committed to ensuring our staff are developed, engaged and supported to work in different ways to support a changing environment in which we operate and deliver services
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is a non-smoking organisation. Smoking will not be permitted on any of the sites.
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COVID-19 Vaccinations
Update - NHS employees/applicants of frontline posts at the Royal Cornwall Trust are no longer required to be fully vaccinated against COVID by 1 April 2022. This is pending the public consultation and Parliamentary review announced by the government. We may however request immunisation status but this will not impact working with the Trust
Royal Cornwall Hospital is an Equal Opportunities employer.