Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Pharmacy Support Worker

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Job summary

The Pharmacy procurement and wholesale distribution team process orders, receipts, checks, picks, packs, and delivers over 5 million medicines each year. As well as this the team operate as a trading short line NHS wholesaler, they pick orders for ward boxes that are supplied to the hospital and act as first line responders to stock shortages by investigating alternative supply routes so that patient care and treatment is not compromised. The unit holds an MHRA wholesaler dealers licence and is subject to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) regulations and MHRA inspections. We have anopportunity to join a dynamic and passionate team with our Regional Drug Procurement Centre.

Main duties of the job

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Date posted

10 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1278N

Job locations

Unit 1 Matrix Park

Segensworth

PO15 5AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Pharmacy Support Worker you will assist in providing support to deliver the supply of pharmaceuticals to Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHU) and carry out the receipt and distribution of wholesaling activities from the Regional Drug Purchasing Centre (RDPC) to external customer.Help to maintain the standards required by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in order to keep the departments wholesaler dealer licence and reputation with customers. To ensure that the RDPCmaintains the standards required by the Home Office in order to keep the departments Controlled Drug licence.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of stock control/handling

Desirable

Previous experience in a similar role
Fork-lift driving licence (training will be provided)

Qualifications

Essential

Good education standard e.g. GCSEs in English and Mathematics or equivalent.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of stock control/handling

Desirable

Previous experience in a similar role
Fork-lift driving licence (training will be provided)

Qualifications

Essential

Good education standard e.g. GCSEs in English and Mathematics or equivalent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.