Pharmacy Stores Assistant

The Methodist Church in Britain; Yate; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training on mechanical aids

Job summary

The Pharmacy Stores Assistant position sits within the hospital pharmacy stores, ensuring wards and departments are supplied with medicines. You will top up ward stock, pick and deliver orders, and receipting medicines from suppliers, with a physically demanding schedule involving lifting up to 20kg and weekend/bank holiday shifts.

Applicants should have a minimum of three GCSEs including English, Maths and Science, plus NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Science and hospital pharmacy experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum three GCSEs at grade C in English, Maths and Science.
• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Science.
• Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy environment.

Responsibilities

• Complete ward stock top-ups, audit levels, issue stock, pack ward boxes and restock cupboards.
• Deliver ward orders and pick medicines for wards and departments.
• Receive goods from wholesalers and delivery drivers, store them and process orders on the computer system.
• Load the pharmacy robot.
• Monitor ward stock levels and report concerns to relevant staff.
• Remove items not needed in clinical areas for return or recycling, under the ward pharmacist's direction.
• Carry out stock sweeps and expiry date checks in clinical areas.
• File, store and rotate stock in the MDU and dispensary, and assist with housekeeping.
• Assess and prioritise requests and prescriptions in the dispensary and MDU.
• Attend team and pharmacy staff meetings.
• Meet appraisal objectives, mandatory training and personal development plans, and identify own training needs.
• Follow health and safety requirements and treat colleagues and patients with respect and confidentiality.
• Nice to have: Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity.
• What’s offered: Full training on mechanical aids.

Skills

Precise, accurate and methodical work

Attention to detail

Self-motivated and reliable

Education

GCSEs English, Maths & Science (minimum 3 GCSEs, grade C)

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Science

Job description

This Pharmacy Stores Assistant role sits in the trust's hospital pharmacy stores, keeping wards and departments supplied with medicines. The work centres on ward stock top-ups, picking and delivering orders, and receipting medicines from suppliers. The post is physically demanding, with lifting of boxes up to 20kg, an early start, weekend and occasional bank holiday shifts, and walking across the hospital site. Visa sponsorship is not offered, and the post carries a GPhC-required one-year training commitment.

What the job involves

• Complete ward stock top-ups, including auditing levels, issuing stock, packing ward boxes and restocking cupboards
• Deliver ward orders and pick medicines for wards and departments
• Receive goods from wholesalers and delivery drivers, store them and process orders on the computer system
• Load the pharmacy robot
• Monitor ward stock levels and report concerns to relevant staff
• Remove items not needed in clinical areas for return or recycling, under the ward pharmacist's direction
• Carry out stock sweeps and expiry date checks in clinical areas
• File, store and rotate stock in the MDU and dispensary, and assist with housekeeping
• Assess and prioritise requests and prescriptions in the dispensary and MDU
• Attend team and pharmacy staff meetings
• Meet appraisal objectives, mandatory training and personal development plans, and identify own training needs
• Follow health and safety requirements and treat colleagues and patients with respect and confidentiality

Qualifications

• Minimum three GCSEs at grade C in English, Maths and Science
• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Science

Experience

• Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy environment

Skills & knowledge

• Precise, accurate and methodical work with good attention to detail
• Self-motivated and reliable

Other

• Physically fit for manual handling, lifting, pushing, pulling, bending and walking over distances
• Ability to use mechanical aids to move loads over 20kg
• Willing to work early starts, weekend shifts and occasional bank holidays
• Commitment to a minimum one-year training period required by the GPhC

Nice to have

• Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity

What’s offered

• Full training on mechanical aids