Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Pharmacy Assistant/Porter - Supply and Distribution

The closing date is 17 August 2025

Job summary

Are you a driven, passionate individual looking for a new challenge? Then look no further! The pharmacy department are delighted to be able to offer vacancies for a Bank Pharmacy Porter/Assistant where no two days will be the same!

Why, you ask? There are a range of duties and responsibilities that you will receive training in. You could be providing an urgent top up of medicine stock to our hospital wards one day and then dealing with our external customers the next processing their orders.

In this role, you will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and demonstrate a desire to contribute towards developing our services. It would be an advantage if you had previous pharmacy or stores experience, however full training and support will be provided.

Our core working hours are Monday to Friday (8am until 7pm), with weekends and bank holidays managed on a rota basis (9am until 6pm). All shifts are 7.5 hours with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. For those applying for a part time role, please be aware that this requires committing to the same days each week Monday to Friday for a full 7.5 hour shift.

**Please be aware that large parts of this role involve working in our pharmacy stores warehouse and involves significant manual handling of bulk products. These then require onwards delivery to wards and departments throughout the hospital so that our patients have access to the medicines that they need. There is also a requirement to use both hand and electric pallet trucks.

Main duties of the job

So what will you be working on on a day to day basis? Your main duties within this role will include providing an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments across the Trust and to external customers such as Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust , Ambulance stations, Private hospitals and other NHS hospitals. You will process, pick, pack and deliver all pharmacy orders for the Trust and even be responding to any robot issues. Your days won't ever be boring!

Further information can be found in the job description and if you would like to know more prior to interview, why not get in touch and come and visit us. We are more than happy for you to spend some time with us so that you can see what we do.

If you are considering applying then please contact us for more information, we can also arrange a visit for a tour of our department!

About us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£12.51 an hour £12.51 per hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

438-PB3261

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties to include, but not be limited to:

Communicates all relevant information and advice to the pharmacy, nursing and medical teams; patients and service users; and with external organisations as required
Provide an effective ward top up service to wards/departments of the Trust
Provide an effective medicine supply service to external customers who include Lancashire Care, Ambulance stations, GPs, Private hospitals and other NHS hospitals.
Provides an effective reception service whilst working on the phone rota, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries.
Carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards
Contribute to effective team working within pharmacy
Comply with legal and organisational requirements, standards and codes of practice on equality, diversity, discrimination and rights relevant to own role and responsibilities
Maintain and develop own competence and seeks to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice, policies and legislation
Supports the training and development of pharmacy team
To ensure the quality of quality of service provision
Comply with current legislation, policy, good practice, organisational and professional codes of practice and ethical standards
To ensure any incidents and near misses are identified, reported and recorded according to Trust policy.
Proactively manage risk and maintain safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
To contribute to the delivery and achievement of the department Service Plan and specific service improvements
Delivery of In-Patient and Discharge medication.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties to include, but not be limited to:

Communicates all relevant information and advice to the pharmacy, nursing and medical teams; patients and service users; and with external organisations as required
Provide an effective ward top up service to wards/departments of the Trust
Provide an effective medicine supply service to external customers who include Lancashire Care, Ambulance stations, GPs, Private hospitals and other NHS hospitals.
Provides an effective reception service whilst working on the phone rota, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries.
Carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards
Contribute to effective team working within pharmacy
Comply with legal and organisational requirements, standards and codes of practice on equality, diversity, discrimination and rights relevant to own role and responsibilities
Maintain and develop own competence and seeks to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice, policies and legislation
Supports the training and development of pharmacy team
To ensure the quality of quality of service provision
Comply with current legislation, policy, good practice, organisational and professional codes of practice and ethical standards
To ensure any incidents and near misses are identified, reported and recorded according to Trust policy.
Proactively manage risk and maintain safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
To contribute to the delivery and achievement of the department Service Plan and specific service improvements
Delivery of In-Patient and Discharge medication.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

Educated to GCSE level

Desirable

NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a team
Knowledge of stock control systems
Good telephone/ communication skills
Computer experience including good keyboard skills
Knowledge of Health & safety

Desirable

Experience of working in pharmacy
Experience of working in a customer facing role
Experience of working in a busy environment
Knowledge of Good Distribution Practice and MHRA Guidelines

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

Educated to GCSE level

Desirable

NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a team
Knowledge of stock control systems
Good telephone/ communication skills
Computer experience including good keyboard skills
Knowledge of Health & safety

Desirable

Experience of working in pharmacy
Experience of working in a customer facing role
Experience of working in a busy environment
Knowledge of Good Distribution Practice and MHRA Guidelines

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

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