Pharmacy Assistant/Porter - Supply and Distribution

at  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The pharmacy department are delighted to be able multiple part-time vacancies for a 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. We have multiple part time positions available
This post is an ideal stepping stone for those looking to progress in pharmacy. We have regular opportunities for you to develop yourself in this role particularly as our services continue to expand.
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!
You will support training and development of other staff; maintaining quality and standards by contributing to the development and implementation of new services, processes and procedures to deliver services in line with professional, local and national directives.
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!
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.

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, GP’s, 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.
Receive all incoming orders in line with MHRA and Good Distribution Practice.
Carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards
Contribute to effective team working within pharmacy
Acts as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation
Develop positive relationships with internal and external key personnel
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.
Contribute to the formal handling and investigating of complaints, error reports, accident/incident reports and monitor for preventative and/or corrective action and improvement
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
To support the department to deliver PET targets and achieve financial balance