Pharmacy Messenger

We have an exciting opportunity to join our pharmacy team as a pharmacy messenger and have the following shift pattern available:
SaturdaySunday9am-5pm9am-5pm

There will also be the opportunity to join NHSP (Bank) and provide cover for annual leave/ sickness in addition to core hours

**Salary**: £22,383 per annum pro rata

**Closing Date**: 27th May 2023

**Interview Date**: TBC (June 2023)

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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To provide a porter service for medicines (including Controlled Drugs, IV fluids) between the pharmacy and Wards/Departments

Assist with the internal processing, movement and supply of pharmacy stocks.

To help pharmacy assistants receive goods arriving at pharmacy especially in loading and unloading heavy goods and pallets using pallet trucks.

Here at George Eliot our vision to‘excel at patient care’takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate employees who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

**Benefits**: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
1. To collect prescriptions from wards and deliver medication, including Controlled Drugs, according to pre-determined schedule and as required.
1. To ensure all medicines are delivered at the end of the day.
1. To collect pharmacy boxes from wards and departments, return same to pharmacy and prepare ready for other staff in accordance with departmental standards.
1. To assist other staff with receipt of goods, and sign for them,(other than controlled drugs which must be presented to a pharmacist or registered technician to check and sign) and correctly locate them within stores, in accordance with departmental standards.
1. To assemble bulk fluids from picking lists and distribute them to the designated locations (wards/departments) around the hospital.
1. To assist other staff with re-distribution of stocks within pharmacy.
1. To remove and dispose of departmental refuse as required, in accordance with Trust standards.
1. To prepare products in a form suitable for distribution to wards and departments, in accordance with departmental procedures.
1. To maintain the stores and ward stock distribution area in a clean and tidy condition, ensuring that gangways and fire escapes are not blocked so that there are no avoidable Health and Safety risks to anyone.
1. To attend departmental meetings as and when required.
1. To undertake such other reasonable duties as may be necessary to ensure the smooth running of the pharmacy service as determined by the senior staff.
1. To dispose of packaging to an appropriate place as required by pharmacy and Trust’s waste management policies.
1. To co-operate with other members of pharmacy staff as necessary, to facilitate the smooth running of the department.
1. To participate in rotational work schedules, including Saturday and Sunday working.
1. Complete any training in a timely manner