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Job overview

You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.

The department actively promotes development, education and training. To apply you will need to have good GCSEs or equivalent and a NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent. The department will also support willingness to complete the NVQ Level 2 apprenticeship.

This is a full time post and the post holder will be required to participate in the weekend & bank holiday rota and the late night duty rota.

Main duties of the job

• Rotates between Drug Distribution, Stores, Purchasing and Dispensary
• Visits wards and hospital departments and provides ‘Top up’ service of stock item drugs
• Visits wards and departments to restock Omnicell cabinets with stock item drugs
• Use Pharmacy computer system to produce picking lists, packs and supply drugs and medicines to wards and departments
• Perform daily temperature monitoring within different areas of the pharmacy department as required by the MHRA
• Assists in dispensing medicines to inpatients and outpatients, wards and departments when required
• Deputise for Receptionist in their absence receiving prescriptions from patients and taking responsibility for prescription charge money
• Receive requisitions and telephone calls from nurses
• Deal with enquiries from patients and healthcare staff and pass on to relevant staff if necessary
• Ensures good housekeeping in the pharmacy by keeping benches and baskets clear of drugs no longer required.
• Checks expiry dates and rotates stock
• Unpack delivery and put drugs away in pharmacy and wards
• Use the Pharmacy BD Pyxis Robot to put away deliveries and issue medication
• Trains staff in stores and distribution

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.