Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF16147-B2
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £23,575 per annum - includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Porter
Band 2
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity within the Pharmacy department for a full-time, enthusiastic and motivated person to join our busy pharmacy team.
If you are well organised, are physically fit to carry and handle heavy loads, have good communication skills and desire to work within a friendly team, then this job is for you.
Interviews will be in person and the option for a remote interview is not possible.
Main duties of the job
The role is to provide the safe and secure delivery of medicines from the Pharmacy Dispensary and Store to wards and departments at the Royal Surrey. You will work closely with both teams to ensure delivery at allocated times and assist with duties within the Pharmacy store as required. You will also be responsible for the ordering, receipt and distribution of bulk fluids.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide an effective delivery service from the Pharmacy to wards and departments at the Royal Surrey.
- To provide a delivery and support service from the Pharmacy Dispensary and stores to wards and departments at the RSCH.
- Securely deliver medicines, including controlled drugs to wards and departments.
- To work closely with the Pharmacy Dispensary and Store Teams to ensure delivery at allocated times.
- To order, receive and distribute IV and bulk fluids.
- Assist with the archiving of Stores picking lists and worksheets.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Pharmacy Stores Services qualification or relevant experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Team working
- Experience dealing with the public
Desirable criteria
- Stores and distribution experience
- Previous experience in stock control
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melina Healey
- Job title
- Lead Technician
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
- Additional information
If you would like to talk to somebody about this vacancy, then please contact:
Melina Healey, Lead Technician - Stores & Distribution
or
Esther Davis-Bawn - Senior Technician Stores & Distribution
on Ext: 4592
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