Job overview

We’re Hiring – Full time (40 hours per week) Medication purchasing Pharmacy assistant 

We are seeking applicants to join our Outpatient Pharmacy team. Whether purchasing medication, managing Pharmacy stock, navigating mediation supply problems, dispensing medication or providing pharmacy services - you will be providing personalised solutions to help people lead healthier lives – this is work with real purpose.

The Pharmacy medication purchasing assistant plays a key role in ensuring safe and efficient patient care is maintained.  Applicants must be qualified to NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent) or working towards this qualification and must have a good working knowledge of medication and Pharmaceutical goods in the UK. This role is perfect for a Pharmacy assistant with excellent Microsoft office skills and at least two years of UK community pharmacy or UK hospital pharmacy experience.

Accuracy, excellent written and verbal communication skills are key to undertaking the role. Applicants will need to use their initiative in resolving problems and be prepared to change priorities to ensure patients receive the right medications in a timely manner. 

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• Processing POM, OTC and Pharmacy stationary orders
• Liaise with suppliers, Pharmacy colleagues and other hospitals to obtain urgent medication
• Liaise with Pharmacy stores staff to ensure orders are received accurately and in time
• Complete regular stock check, stock rotation, date checking and maintenance of the medication robot
• Review and resolve medication stock shortages by liaising with manufacturers and suppliers as well as the Outpatient Pharmacy clinical colleagues
• Process medication MHRA alerts, stock returns and claims in a timely manner.
• Process Pharmacy invoices and credits in a timely manner to ensure good medication account position
• Participate in the annual stock check day
• Support the Pharmacy dispensary by assisting with dispensing and healthcare counter cover 

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust  believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.