Pharmacy Stock Controller Senior Assistant

Are you experienced in stock control? Looking for a career change or to further your career in pharmacy in an acute hospital trust? We are looking for an experienced stock control assistant to work within a pharmacy setting and to join our friendly team at the Ipswich Hospital Pharmacy within the ESNEFT trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative thinking stock controller to compliment our current team and enhance our stock inventory, whilst working alongside the pharmacy team.

• Monitoring our current stock inventory and exploring ways we can improve our processes to ensure that we maximise our medication optimisation within the Trust.
• Strategically plan stock to minimise potential financial losses; collaborate with both ESNEFT sites to develop effective inventory strategies.
• Develop and improve processes for accountability of stock hold, including closely monitoring High Cost Drugs.
• Assist the wider pharmacy department in providing a comprehensive pharmacy service to patients.
• Support the lead technicians for stock control, focusing on high cost / high risk drugs.
• Oversee inventory audits (stock checks) and maintain reports of losses.
• Be a trained super user for the automated dispensing (pharmaceutical robot) ensuring maximum optimisation (BD Rowa & CII Safe).
• Contribute to the financial control of medicines by ensuring that all medicines are utilised in compliance with the Trust formulary.
• Assist the Chief Pharmacy Technician and Dispensary Managers with the induction, training and development of staff working within the pharmacy department.
• Minimise medicines associated risk and ensure medication safety in accordance with local and national guidance.
• Work collaboratively with wider Pharmacy colleagues to ensure the optimal and cost effective use of medicines within the dispensary environments; minimising drug wastage accordingly.
• Maintain open communication between sites to maximise stock efficiency and avoid unnecessary waste.
• Oversight of stock takes where required.
• Assist to maintain the Out of hours / Emergency cupboard; replenish stock and perform regular date checking; rotate stock between the emergency cupboard and the dispensary to avoid wastage.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring whats widely regarded as the worlds best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. A generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A. For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. LNKD1_UKTJ