Pharmacy Distribution Assistant

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Pharmacy Distribution professional to support the delivery and management of medicines to wards and clinics. Responsibilities include ensuring timely medicine delivery, maintaining stock management standards, and collaborating with the healthcare team. The ideal candidate has experience in pharmacy or healthcare settings. This role offers flexible working arrangements and values diversity.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for disabled candidates

Investment in facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacy or healthcare settings preferred.
• Ability to work efficiently in a team environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support daily ward top-up service to ensure medicine availability.
• Process ward and clinic orders effectively.
• Maintain appropriate storage of pharmaceutical goods.

Skills

Stock management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

Overview

To contribute to the provision in Pharmacy Distribution and work to ensure an efficient and safe service is maintained to the wards and clinics contributing to patient care. To provide an efficient medicines top up and supply service to wards and clinics ensuring medicines are always available for the patients. To maintain relationships with wards and deal with queries when necessary. To support the stock management processes with the introduction of the new upgraded pharmacy robot. To ensure that key performance indicators are achieved.

Responsibilities

• To support the daily ward top up service providing stock medicines to all wards clinics and off site clinics ensuring medicines are always available for the patients.
• To process ward and clinics orders manually or via the robot as needed.
• Ensure all to-follows are processed in a timely way and any stock issues are communicated to the pharmacy buying office and ward pharmacists as required to ensure the patients do not go without the medicines required.
• Ensure all blist orders and ad hoc stock requests are processed efficiently, safely, and in a timely manner.
• Maintain the appropriate storage of pharmaceutical goods in the appropriate areas of the pharmacy and in line with the department's defined stock management standards.
• To ensure medicines are picked and supplied correctly to the wards and clinics.
• To support loading of stock into the pharmacy robot and pro-log.

Other

• To work harmoniously with the direct team and wider team to achieve the objectives of the service.
• Demonstrate the ability to work well with all co-workers, peers and managers.
• To work constructively with all team members and to actively support each other to cover the workload of the service.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Melanie Davy Job title: Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Manager Email address: [e-mail]