Job summary
Princess Alexandra Hospital have exciting opportunities for a Pharmacy Support Worker to join their team.
As a Pharmacy Support Worker, you work as part of the Pharmacy team to provide an effective pharmacy service in the Pharmacy Dispensary, at Ward Level and to support the dispensing of out-patient prescriptions.
Main duties of the job
Identify, select and issue drugs.
Identify and receive drugs against an official order, using the Pharmacy Computer System to update stock levels.
Deal with telephone enquiries, ward/department and community issues.
Support the movement of work around the organisation including medicines and pharmacy orders.
Load and operate the automated pharmacy storage and dispensing system.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
Towork with and support Pharmacy Technicians in the Pharmacy Store to:
Identify, select and issue drugs.
Identify and receive drugs against anofficial order, using the Pharmacy Computer System to update stock levels.
Deal with telephone enquiries, ward/departmentand community issues.
Load and operate the automated pharmacystorage and dispensing system.
Participate in ward top-up system.
Appropriately dispose of pharmaceuticalitems
Ensure appropriate storage ofpharmaceutical items.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
1. pharmacy stores experience
2. pallet truck
3. picking medication