Pharmacy Assistant Logistics/Medicines delivery

7 days ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Ipswich Hospital are looking for a Pharmacy Assistant to provide an efficient and timely medicines delivery service.

Based within the Pharmacy department this role involves the delivery, distribution and collection of pharmacy stocks, drugs and other items throughout pharmacy and Ipswich Hospital.

You will need to have the ability to work within a team and on your own.

As part of this role you will be able to undertake NVQ Level 2 modules in Pharmacy services.

For this role you will be required to lift and handle potentially heavy boxes and move boxes and other items throughout pharmacy and the hospital including wards, theatres and clinics.

This post will be 15 hours per week, 8:30 - 5:00 Monday and Tuesday (subject to change upon needs of the service)

Main duties of the job

Collect and subsequently deliver boxes, bags and other items for the Dispensary from the wards, theatres and clinics. To pick and subsequently deliver IV fluid orders for the wards, theatres and clinics. To deliver controlled drugs to the wards, theatres and clinics. To work within the stores and Distribution areas in accordance with departmental procedures when necessary. To ensure that all deliveries are signed for and temporarily stored according to the departmental procedures. To complete Random drug stock accuracy checks. To participate in general housekeeping stock control, expiry date checking and stock rotation in the department. To return any waste medicines to pharmacy in accordance with the hospital policies. To collect items from pharmacy stores as requested by other members in the department. Assess safe loading of large pharmacy trolleys for use in confined spaces. To assist the when necessary in the storage of items including bulk IV fluids.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Stores work Customer care Communication Accurate recording of information Use of computers/keyboards

Desirable

Stock control systems Wellsky systems e-mail systems Working in on own and in a team Hospital Pharmacy experience

Qualifications

Essential

Level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy services or willingness to undertake Numeracy and Literacy to Level 1

Desirable

Maths and English grade D or above or equivalent

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