Job overview

Are you ready to kickstart a varied and dynamic role that puts patient care at its core? Our Pharmacy Stores Assistant position offers an exciting entry point into the world of pharmacy, with clear progression opportunities that can open doors to new and rewarding career paths.

As a vital member of our modern, fast-paced pharmacy team, you’ll work across both the automated dispensary and ward levels, ensuring patients receive the best pharmaceutical care possible. Your role will be key in supporting nursing staff and patients by managing and distributing medicines efficiently and safely.

Your responsibilities will include managing stock distribution and medicine management within our pharmacy and across wards, departments, and other Trust locations. You’ll receive deliveries and manage stock intake using advanced barcode technology, replenish automated dispensing robots, prepare ward medicine boxes, and restock supplies to ensure timely and accurate delivery. 

You’ll be working in a supportive, friendly environment where patient care is always the priority. There are clear progression pathways available, allowing you to develop your career into pharmacy and other healthcare roles.

If you’re enthusiastic, organised, and ready to make a real difference in patient care, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Apply now and take your first step into a fulfilling pharmacy career!

Main duties of the job

1. To receive medicines into stock from wholesalers, suppliers and manufacturers, separating CDs, unlicensed IV fluids and cold storage products
2. To participate in the ward and department top up service, ordering and maintaining stock for wards/departments/theatre and clinic areas against agreed stock lists
3. To remove waste medicines to the Pharmacy ‘disposal area’ and dispose of safely in line with departmental procedures
4. To operate the Automated Dispensing Robot to supply Pharmaceutical stock via ward box picking and to load newly received stock into it
5. To stock shelves in the Pharmacy department ensuring that stock is kept in the correct place, used in rotation and kept tidy

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.