Pharmacy Assistant - Logistics

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team as a Pharmacy Assistant within our Pharmacy Logistics Services, which includes our Homecare services, procurement and OPAT (outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service), at Ipswich Hospital. You will participate in 7 day working.

You will assist our Supply Team Leader in the maintenance of an efficient and effective Pharmacy stock control and supply system.

As part of the role, you will be able to undertake NVQ Level 2 modules in Pharmacy services. We are committed to provide a supportive environment with opportunities for training and personal development.

For this role you will thrive in a busy and active environment, have good communication skills both on the phone and face to face and will adapt positively to change and be able to be flexible in your working day.

You will need to have the ability to work within a team and on your own.

For this role you will be required to lift and handle potentially heavy boxes and move boxes and other items throughout pharmacy and the hospital including wards, theatres and clinics.

About our Pharmacy Service

Main duties of the job

To participate in the day-to-day running of the stores area including:

• Accurately inputting stock orders in response to orders via phone, folder or Pharmacy requests onto the computer system and generate 'picking tickets'
• Accurately and efficiently collect stock and assemble orders from 'picking tickets'
• Assisting the medicines at Home team with prescription processing when needed.
• Assisting the Medicines at Home Team with the processing of invoices when needed.
• Assisting Procurement with the placing of orders
• AssistingProcurement with the processing of invoices
• Assisting with OPAT queries and prescription dispensing
• Delivering Pharmacy stock including IVs, CDs, boxes and bags, to wards and departments within the Trust and Pharmacy locations as required

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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