Pharmacy Support Worker - Stores and Distribution

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust invites applications for a Pharmacy Support Worker Stores and Distribution role, focusing on receipt, storage and issues of pharmaceutical products and maintaining records.

You will support the use of inventory management systems and pharmacy automation to provide distribution services, monitor stock expiry dates, assist with goods receipt and packing, and undertake NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services through our in-house training.

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacy work is desirable but not essential.
• Keen to learn, hardworking and able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Receive, store and issue pharmaceutical products and maintain records.
• Use inventory management systems and pharmacy automation for distribution.
• Monitor stock expiry dates and assist with receipt of goods at pharmacy stores.
• Unpack goods, check quantity and quality against orders and delivery notes.

Job description

We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Support Worker Stores and Distributionwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The role will entail the receipt, storage, and issues of pharmaceutical products, including the maintenance of records. To use the current Inventory management systems including Pharmacy automation to provide the Pharmacy distribution service.

Experience in pharmacy work would be desirable but is not essential. You are expected to be keen to learn, hardworking and able to work under pressure and undertake manual handling of goods.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us., Main duties will include the use of current Inventory management systems including Pharmacy automation to provide the Pharmacy distribution service.

You will be monitoring the expiry dates of stock held in the Pharmacy as per the timetable.

To assist with the receipt of goods at Pharmacy Stores door or collect at Hospital rear entrance, signing and dating the receipt.

To unpack goods checking quantity and quality against order and delivery note as per procedures.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to undertake NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services in addition to completing the in-house training programme for Support Workers.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.