Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer - Stores & Distribution

at  London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.
The department actively promotes development, education, and training. To apply you will need to have good GCSEs or equivalent and a NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent. The department will also support willingness to complete the NVQ Level 2 apprenticeship.
This is a full-time post and the post holder will be required to participate in the weekend & bank holiday rota and the late duty rota.
Works between Drug Distribution, and pharmacy Stores.
Visits wards and hospital departments and provides ‘Top up’ service including Omnicell drug cabinets.
Use Pharmacy stock control system to produce picking lists, packs and supply drugs and medicines to wards and departments.
Receive requisitions from wards and departments and telephone calls from nurses.
Support with the expiry date checks of the medicine’s stored in pharmacy stores and distribution.
Unpack delivery from suppliers, receive medicines and them away in their allocated locations e.g. pharmacy robot, rolling shelves etc.
Support with training of staff rotating in stores and distribution.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

WE RUN MAJOR ACUTE SERVICES AT:

Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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