Pharmacy Stores Assistant

Job summary

Pharmacy Stores Assistants

Band 2 - full time or part time

We are looking for reliable, conscientious and practical applicants to join our team of staff working in our busy store, providing an efficient stock management and distribution service to all wards, departments and dispensaries.

The successful candidates will work under the supervision and direction of the Senior Pharmacy Assistants and Senior Pharmacy technician and be trained in checking deliveries against orders, correctly inputting stock into the pharmacy system and the robot. You will assemble and check the orders for all wards and the dispensaries and ensure they are ready for delivery according to the pre set timetable.

You will help with pharmacy deliveries and, if applicable, undertake the Trust driving assessment to be able to utilise the pharmacy transport to move stock around the site.

The pharmacy store is currently based at Castle Hill Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Receive all incoming pharmacy goods, checking that they are correct in identity, quantity and condition.

To be responsible for the assembly, labelling and safe packing of medicines for dispatch.

Ensure that all stock is rotated within pharmacy to minimise wastage

To monitor expiry dates and ensure effective stock rotation

Maintain the cleanliness and tidiness of the stores area and yard,

Maintain the availability, and label accordingly, the clinical and cardboard waste containers in order to comply with Trust policy.

Ensure all goods for return are labelled and documented in accordance with stores procedures to minimise wastage.

Maintain stores security and safe custody of pharmaceuticals

Participate in the delivery/collection of pharmaceuticals to and from other departments within the hospital to maximise a timely and accurate supply.

To assist with the filing of completed orders and other paperwork.

To be responsible with others for ensuring that designated storage areas and corridors are tidy and safe in accordance with Health, Safety and Fire regulations.

To participate in stock taking procedures and routine stock checks within the pharmacy store,

To be responsible for the movement of stock to or from designated storage areas within the Pharmacy Store.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.