Distribution Services Co-ordinator
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust based in London. The advertised salary is £34,186 to £37,389. Applications close on 11 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
This is a unique opportunity to join a forward-thinking pharmacy service in a key operational leadership role at the heart of medicines distribution. ...
- - Support the operational management of the Trust's medicines distribution and pharmacy stores service.
- Supervise pharmacy stores staff to ensure a safe, timely and efficient medicines supply across Trust sites.
- Act as a visible point of contact for day-to-day operational issues, supporting problem-solving and service continuity.
- Deliver and support training for users of automated medicines distribution systems, including Omnicell.
- Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and contribute to service performance reports and improvement plans.
- Support effective stock management, including reviewing ward stock levels to reduce medicines waste.
- Provide advice on medicines storage, stock rotation and inventory management in line with Good Distribution Practice.
- Support staff rotas, day-to-day supervision and staff development, including competency assessment and revalidation.
- Work collaboratively with pharmacy, procurement, IT and clinical teams to support an effective medicines supply chain.
- Support medicines receipt, picking and distribution, learning from errors to drive improvement.
- Assist with product recalls and support development and review of Standard Operating Procedures.
- Support governance requirements, including Wholesale Dealer Authorisation (Human).
- Participate in the Pharmacy IT on-call rota, providing out-of-hours technical support for automated systems.
The post holder will play a key role in the operational delivery and continuous improvement of the Trusts medicines distribution service. Working closely with senior pharmacy colleagues, they will support daytoday service delivery, staff supervision, training and governance across pharmacy stores and automated medicines distribution systems.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for comprehensive details of responsibilities, requirements and role expectations.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 23,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Essential: - GCSEs in English, Maths and Science or equivalent (Grades A-C); - Pharmaceutical Services NVQ level 2 or equivalent
Essential: - Previous experience of working in a hospital or busy supply chain role; - Experience of working with ARX (BD ROWA), Epic and / or Omnicell
Essential: - Demonstrated ability to supervise and train others; - Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately; - Demonstrated ability to organise own workload; - Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
How this role compares
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