Pharmacy Assistant/Porter - Supply and Distribution

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Sheffield is looking for a part-time Pharmacy Porter/Assistant. In this role, you will provide essential services to hospital wards and external customers while supporting staff training. The ideal candidate should be enthusiastic and motivated, capable of working a full shift. You will have opportunities to develop your career within the pharmacy department.

Benefits

Opportunities for career development

Training and support provided

Engagement in diverse pharmacy services

Qualifications

• Previous pharmacy or stores experience is an advantage.
• Ability to work across various pharmacy services.
• Commitment to a full 7.5-hour shift on chosen days.

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards and departments.
• Process, pick, pack, and deliver pharmacy orders.
• Support training and development of other staff.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Motivated

Manual handling

Tools

Electric pallet trucks

Job description

The pharmacy department is delighted to offer multiple part-time vacancies for a Pharmacy Porter/Assistant, where no two days will be the same!

Why, you ask? There are a range of duties and responsibilities that you will receive training in. You could be providing an urgent top-up of medicine stock to our hospital wards one day and then dealing with our external customers the next, processing their orders.

In this role, you will need to be enthusiastic, motivated, and demonstrate a desire to contribute towards developing our services. It would be an advantage if you had previous pharmacy or stores experience; however, full training and support will be provided.

Our core working hours are Monday to Friday (8am until 7pm), with weekends and bank holidays managed on a rota basis (9am until 6pm). All shifts are 7.5 hours with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. For those applying for a part-time role, please be aware that this requires committing to the same days each week, Monday to Friday, for a full 7.5-hour shift.

Please be aware that large parts of this role involve working in our pharmacy stores warehouse and involve significant manual handling of bulk products. These then require onward delivery to wards and departments throughout the hospital so that our patients have access to the medicines they need. There is also a requirement to use both hand and electric pallet trucks. We have multiple part-time positions available.

This post is an ideal stepping stone for those looking to progress in pharmacy. We have regular opportunities for you to develop yourself in this role, particularly as our services continue to expand.

On a day-to-day basis, your main duties will include providing an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments across the Trust and to external customers such as Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust, Ambulance stations, Private hospitals, and other NHS hospitals. You will process, pick, pack, and deliver all pharmacy orders for the Trust and respond to any robot issues. Your days won't ever be boring!

You will support the training and development of other staff; maintaining quality and standards by contributing to the development and implementation of new services, processes, and procedures to deliver services in line with professional, local, and national directives.

Further information can be found in the job description. If you would like to know more prior to an interview, why not get in touch and visit us? We are happy to arrange a visit so you can see what we do.

If you are considering applying, please contact us for more information. We can also arrange a tour of our department!

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and provide specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the opportunity to develop new skills, meet great people, and do things you never thought possible. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all roles to build skills and enhance your career.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold, and help innovate to improve. Everything we do centers around patient care, making your role pivotal and something to be proud of.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Richard Marshall, Job title: Lead Pharmacy Technician
• Gemma Cade / Scott Robinson, Senior Pharmacy Assistants

Phone: [phone]