Vacancies Warehouse Operative - Goods in

Main Responsibility

• Locate consignments to be checked and move to work station.
• Open consignments and separate into separate products.
• Scan 2D barcodes using a hand-held scanner.
• Where no 2D barcode is applied 100 % batch and expiry check on all batches
• Verification of received stock on different Authorised websites.
• Check one batch of product at a time paying special attention to:

1. Quantity
2. Batch number
3. Expiry date
4. Supplier details
5. Anti-tamper devices (ATD)
6. Carton seals

• Report to Line Manager if stock is incorrect, missing, out of date, damaged or dirty.
• Report to Line Manager and QA anything suspicious that could imply a falsified medicine.
• Create electronic product processing records.
• Carry out authenticity checks according to the Master Reference File.
• Work with other Goods-In Assistants to carry out independent checks on their consignments.
• For non-pharma stock carry out quantity checks and compare a sample to the Master Reference File (MRF).
• Complete paperwork accurately, legibly and on time.
• Liaise with Production QC to resolve any issues regarding quantity of stock.  
• Quarantine stock, as appropriate, when it cannot be processed further.
• Ensure work areas are maintained in a neat and clean state.
• Participate in any reasonable task requested by a Supervisors/Manager.
• Work closely with all Supervisors/Managers to ensure that all objectives are achieved.

Key knowledge and skills required:

• Previous Warehouse experience required

The Ideal Candidate

Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.

About the Company

For over 70 years, we’ve been looking after the health and wellbeing of communities across the UK. Well Pharmacy (part of Bestway Healthcare) is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK with c.760 pharmacies and a team of around 7,000 colleagues based across our Community Pharmacies, Online Pharmacy, Healthcare Services Centre, Community Drivers, Bestway Medhub & Wardles team and our Support Centre team.

Our mission is to be here for the wellbeing of our patients and customers, to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK for everyone, for our patients, our customers, our people, and our NHS.

The pharmacy of the future will look very different from the one we know today. It will play a huge role in transforming primary healthcare and we will play a central role in bringing it to life.

We will use our clinical expertise and technological ambition to take advantage of the potential this future has to offer us. Making medicines, advice, services and care available in the places and spaces that people need and want it most.

We want to be a great business. To be recognised as delivering a community pharmacy experience that is the best there is. To do this we want our teams to feel proud about the positive impact they make, feel valued as part of a close-knit and expert community, and feel confident in their role in a business that is stable, innovative, and caring.

‘Together we make a difference’