Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 20 hours per week (bank holidays as per departmental rota) Job ref 356-25-6917699
Employer Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Hull Royal Infirmary Town Hull Salary £23,615 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/02/2025 23:59
Pharmacy Ward Stock Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
Are you looking for a new, exciting part time opportunity? Are you motivated and well organised? Then we need you!
The Pharmacy department currently undertakes a 'top'up service to wards and departments and we are looking for individuals like you to join our friendly team.
We offer a range of flexible working but to meet the changing needs of the service, the duties and working times attached to this post may be subject to reasonable change in the future.
If you are an individual who is keen to embrace change and look at new ways of working, and would like to be part of a large, friendly and supportive department this could be the opportunity you are looking for.
The successful applicant will hold a level 2 qualification in stock management.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will participate in the pharmacy “top-up” service, initially at Hull Royal Infirmary but this may expand to cover Castle Hill Hospital in the future. This involves visiting clinical area(s), identifying and documenting the quantity of stock that requires ordering, checking the expiry dates of stock held, and ensuring stock rotation when putting stock away.
Ensuring wards and departments receive stock in a timely manner and are promptly notified of any shortages.
Support and/or participate in the processing of top-up requests and amendments from all clinical areas using the Pharmacy Computer System according to standard operating procedures.
Support and/or participate in the processing of ad-hoc requests/orders using the Pharmacy Computer System according to standard operating procedures.
Ward fluid top up.
Recycling, picking, packing and dispatch of goods to wards and departments.
May be required to assist in distribution when trained to do so.
Will help to distribute drugs around Trust sites using trust transport when trained to do so.
The ward stock assistants will work 4 hours a day, 20 hours a week, Monday to Friday and the hours can be tailored to individual needs between the times 7.30am - 2pm. The successful applicants will participate in the Bank Holiday working arrangements of the department.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of a good level of general education required i.e. Literate and numerate to the degree required for job description tasks (reading, writing, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and simple calculations).
* Sufficient capability to complete Pharmacy training programmes required for the post and be completed within a maximum of 12 months.
* Ability to carry out instructions and recall.
Experience
* Experience of working in a customer focused environment.
* Understanding of when to seek advice and refer to senior professionals.
* Healthcare, dispensing, shop, supermarket or warehousing experience.
* Experience of team working.
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
* Able to communicate and interpret information in a clear and logical manner.
* Able to respond to change and apply new developments without difficulty.
* Receptive to the priorities of patients, carers and other staff groups.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
For further information contact Janice Hawkings, Chief Technician on Tel: - 01482 311660 or email [emailprotected]
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