Pharmacy Assistant Distribution - London, United Kingdom - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital - Chelsea Site

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a busy pharmacy department in the distribution area. The role involves supporting the ward top up service ensuring stock medicines are always available. We are a friendly supportive department, encouraging development and growth. The role involves manual handling.

About the Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country.

We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'.

We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.

We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

General

To undertake training in line with defined objectives.
Participate in robot loading duties
To keep up to date with and follow relevant departmental procedures.
To keep up to date with mandatory training.
Participate in the training of new staff.
Support the Distribution and Goods Receipt teams as required.
To attend and participate when needed in departmental meetings.

Distribution

To support the daily ward top up service.
To process ward and clinics orders manually or via the robot as needed.
Ensure all tofollows are processed in a timely way and any stock issues are communicated to the pharmacy buying office and ward pharmacists as required.
Ensure all blist orders and ad hoc stock requests are processed efficiently, safely, and in a timely manner.
Support the implementation of any remedial actions in order to ensure key performance indicators are achieved.
Maintain the appropriate storage of pharmaceutical goods in the appropriate areas of the pharmacy and in line with the departments defined stock management standards.
Support the maintenance, cleanliness and tidiness within the distribution area in pharmacy, such as filing.
Support the implementation of pharmacy initiatives and projects such as the ward box pilot and Baxter inventory service and any other initiatives.
To participate in the returning of medicines to pharmacy from wards. To ensure all returns to stock, or stock disposal, are processed in a timely manner.
To support loading of stock into the pharmacy robot and prolog.