Pharmacy Distribution Support Worker

6 months ago

Blackpool, United Kingdom Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic part time Pharmacy Support Worker to join our small but busy distribution team. The post holder will be involved in the stock supply & distribution of medicines to wards at Blackpool Victoria and Clifton Hospital, and departments and clinics serviced by the Trust. The team is also responsible for the supply of medicines to our external customers that we provide a service to as part of our Wholesale Dealers Authorisation.

**The main duties are**: Visiting wards to check stock levels of medication, processing of orders received using the pharmacy's computer system, picking, packing, assembling and delivering medicines and processing medicines returned to the department.

This job is 5 days per week, Monday - Friday with weekend and bank holiday working on a rotational basis.

Training will be given on the job and once in post the post holder must complete an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and a Btec Level 2 Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science.

You must be able to carry out all manual handling duties and, previous experience of stock control or working in a pharmacy is desirable but not essential, as on the job training will be provided. This post involves long periods of standing and walking.

No formal qualifications are required, however the post holder must be literate and numerate and be confident in their computer skills

Blackpool Victoria Hospital, or BVH, as it is known locally, is a medium sized NHS District General Hospital (DGH).

The hospital comprises the major element of secondary health care within the wider combined acute and community trust that is the "Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust".

The "Victoria" site of the hospital has around 800 beds which provide care for acute medicine in its wider terms and DGH surgical specialties, including among others, General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Urology and Gynaecology.

There is a Women and Children's Unit including both consultant led and midwife led maternity care.

The Emergency Department (ED) at Blackpool Victoria Hospital is one of the busiest in the country. It provides a full range of services for the 352,000 residents of Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde and the 18.2 million annual visitors to the resort.

We recommend that all individuals employed in patient facing roles, or those located on a ward or department where patients receive a service should be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
1. Visit wards within the Trust to undertake stock checking of medicines ensuring that wards have sufficient in-date stock to meet their patient’s needs.
2. Liaise with nursing staff, Pharmacy technicians and pharmacists whilst undertaking the ward stock supply service to ensure that any variations in stock levels are taken into account.
3. To participate in stock rotation and expiry date checking, to ensure all medicines at ward level are stored correctly and used before their expiry date
4. Process and assemble stock requests for medicines using the pharmacy computer software.
5. Process and assemble urgent requests from wards and clinics of the Trust and external organisations, for stock items and Intravenous fluids.
6. Process and assemble items for external clinics ensuring the safe, timely and secure delivery of these products.
7. Process and assemble controlled Potassium injections and infusions, completing all paperwork and batch tracking for audit purposes. Ensure stocks are stored in a safe manner and only issued in accordance with standard operating procedures and within the Trust Policy for Potassium Use.
8. Supply vaccines to wards/clinics ensuring the cold chain is maintained and all paperwork is completed fully, following the correct procedure.
9. Issue medicines to external customers under the Wholesale Dealers License following all procedures.
10. To liaise and inform the purchasing staff of medicines that are required to be ordered.
11. To deal with routine telephone requests from ward staff by providing information on delivery deadlines, stock availability and routine problems
12. Process work to agreed schedules ensuring all delivery deadlines are met. Liaise where appropriate with porters and drivers regarding the prompt dispatch of medicines.
13. Following a strict criteria, examine returned medicines for suitability for returning into stock and credit to wards using the pharmacy stock computer system.
14. To correctly dispose of all returned and unwanted medicines and hazardous material in line with the departmental policy.
15. To have a good working knowledge of which medicines are stocked, their forms and strengths to minimize the risk of selection errors.
16. Once accredited, undertake accuracy checking of other staff’s assembled work and where appropriate complete the departmental error reporting form and report the error to the person concerned.
17. Review computer generated “to-follow” picking tickets and issue any new stock accordingly.
18. Print and issue

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