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The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Limited

About

PharmaC (The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Ltd) is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, NHS Foundation Trust (CCC) developed with the aim to deliver a more personalised and efficient experience for our patients. The pharmacy is a GPhC registered pharmacy and provides medicines supply and dispensing services to patients admitted to CCC and attending CCC clinics within the Cheshire and Merseyside region.

Contact

Address
Workforce and Organisational Development
Clatterbridge Road
Bebington
Wirral
Merseyside
CH63 4JY
Contact Number
0151 482 7866

Find out more

Jobs Website
Open
Ref: 158-24-261-PHAC-A Vacancy ID: 6860701

Medicines Support Delivery Driver

Accepting applications until: 30-Dec-2024 23:59

Open

Accepting applications until: 30-Dec-2024 23:59

Location

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
65 Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L7 8YA
Merseyside

Contract type & working pattern

Permanent
  • Full time
  • Part time
40 hours per week (Mon to Fri, weekends and bank holidays as required)

Salary

£24,510 - £26,792 per annum pro rata
Yearly

(Competitive salary)

Specialty

Pharmacy

Please note that applications are accepted only by completion of our application form. If you have any needs that prevent you from applying in this way and participating in our online recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 5565176 or [email protected] at the earliest opportunity to ensure that support can be provided. Adjustments can be made for you during application and interview.

In cases where we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close any vacancies prior to the specified closing date; therefore you are advised to submit your completed application form as early as possible.

If you do not receive confirmation that you have been shortlisted for interview , please assume that  you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.  It is with regret that we are unable to provide feedback to non-shortlisted candidates.

Please note The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Limited operates independently with its own terms and conditions of employment and these are not reflective of NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions of employment.

Job overview

This post will be based at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool.

Previous applications need not apply

As a Medicines Delivery Driver, you will need to be physically fit and able to transport sometimes heavy boxes and bags. You will be collecting and delivering medicines from and to our main hospital sites and clinical hubs, as well as delivering to patient’s homes.
These are often some of the most vulnerable and unwell patients, and the service you provide to them by delivering their medicines is of critical importance.

You will need to consider the safe custody of medicines and maintenance of cold chain systems to make sure that medicines arrive safely and ready to be used or issued to patients.

Working closely with the PharmaC teams, your local knowledge and a passion for delivering a great service will ensure that your valuable cargo gets to the right place at the right time.

It is essential you have a Full UK clean Driving Licence for manual vehicles, a good knowledge of the local area and have the flexibility to cover other drivers in the team.

This role is both very busy and demanding, but also hugely rewarding at the same time.

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Permanent – 40 hours per week – mainly Monday to Friday, with some weekend and Bank Holiday work as required. Part time hours may also be considered.

Salary: Starting at £24,510 rising to £26,792 per annum pro rata after 12 months (subject to completion of required training scheme and successful appraisal)

  • Collection of dispensed medicines from the Dispensary and delivery to patient homes
  • Delivery of medicines to hub clinical areas and putting away in designated storage area
  • Transfer of medicines between PharmaC Liverpool and PharmaC Wirral sites, and return of empty tote boxes and delivery bags.
  • Return of uncollected medicines from designated area in hub clinics back to PharmaC for reuse.
  • Maintenance of adequate and safe medicines storage and transport conditions including cold chain
  • Working in accordance with both set delivery schedules and ad hoc requests.
  • Completion of legally required medicines delivery training scheme

Ad hoc deliveries and collections as required by the service.

Working for our organisation

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of the UK’s leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across the region. Our specialist cancer hospital in Liverpool is supported by our sites in Wirral and on the Aintree Hospital site. 

CPL (as subsidiary of CCC) deliver excellent care to the people we serve and are looking for applications from those who share that commitment and our values.

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust takes an active responsibility for ensuring systems, policies and processes are in place to safeguard Children, young people and Adults.

Due to the nature of the role, successful candidates will be required to complete a DBS check before employment can commence. Employment is conditional on satisfactory DBS clearance. The DBS helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description/Person Spec for full details of the role.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will be required to complete a standard DBS check before employment can commence. This includes both spent and unspent convictions, as well as information held by local police deemed as relevant to the role. Employment is conditional on satisfactory DBS clearance. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full clean manual driving licence
  • Good general level of education

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good knowledge of local Merseyside area
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of medicines safe and secure handling and storage, including cold chain

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in providing a high quality service to customers
Desirable criteria
  • Previous delivery experience, preferably in a medicines or pharmaceuticals delivery field
  • Previous use of logistics and route planning software

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Clear and confident communicator
  • Team minded
  • Ability to accurately follow procedures and both verbal and written instructions, including Standard Operating Procedures
  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • Flexible

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ian Murray
Job title
Logistics Supervisor
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Informal visits will be offered to shortlisted candidates only. 

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