Pharmacy Distribution Stores Assistant

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Pharmacy Distribution Assistant to join their Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution Team. The role involves various duties including medication delivery services across multiple hospital sites and requires a BTEC in Pharmaceutical services. The Trust is renowned for its quality and compassionate care, aiming to deliver excellence to the community.

Qualifications

• Completion of relevant units of BTEC in Pharmaceutical services within the designated time frame.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out Pharmacy ward top-up services.
• Picking and packing appropriate goods for delivery to wards and departments.
• Checking and putting away Pharmacy deliveries.
• Processing returns and waste medicines in line with departmental policy.

Education

BTEC in Pharmaceutical services

Job description

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. The Trust incorporates the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Nationally and internationally renowned for its services, quality of staff and academic departments, the Trust provides general and specialist services for the people of Oxfordshire and the surrounding area.

Post Title

Pharmacy Distribution Assistant

Pay Band

Band 2 £23,615.00 pro rata (based on 37.5hrs)

Service Description

The Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution Team supply medicines across the whole of the OUH NHS Foundation Trust meeting the needs of patients medicine requirements.

The team is based in our warehouse situated on the Unipart site in Cowley, however this post involves rotation across all Oxford Trust sites.

Main Duties Include But Are Not Limited To

• Carrying out Pharmacy ward top-up services
• To pick and pack appropriate goods for delivery to wards and departments.
• To check and put away Pharmacy deliveries
• To process returns and waste medicines in line with departmental policy
• To complete relevant units of BTEC in Pharmaceutical services within the designated time frame
  
  

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of cilnical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sue McHale Job title: Pharmacy Distribution Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01865 225979

For further information, please contact Sue McHale- Pharmacy Distribution Manager on 01865 225979 or David Badcock Purchasing and Distribution Operational Manager on 01865 572158