Job summary
Employer heading
Pharmacy Messenger (Weekends)
NHS AfC: Band 2
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.
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Job overview
Job Title - Pharmacy Messenger
Hours per week - 15 hours (Saturday & Sunday 9am til 5pm)
Perm/Fixed Term - Permanent
Salary - £22,383 per annum pro rata
Closing Date - 18th August 2024
Interview Date - 10th September 2024
We have an exciting opportunity to join our pharmacy team as a pharmacy messenger and have the following shift pattern available:
Saturday | Sunday |
9am-5pm | 9am-5pm |
There will also be the opportunity to join NHSP (Bank) and provide cover for annual leave/ sickness in addition to core hours
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
#JoinTeamEliot
Main duties of the job
Pharmacy Messenger - Please read the detailed job description and person specification attached to this advert
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate employees who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To collect prescriptions from wards and deliver medication, including Controlled Drugs, according to pre-determined schedule and as required.
- To ensure all medicines are delivered at the end of the day.
- To collect pharmacy boxes from wards and departments, return same to pharmacy and prepare ready for other staff in accordance with departmental standards.
- To assist other staff with receipt of goods, and sign for them,(other than controlled drugs which must be presented to a pharmacist or registered technician to check and sign) and correctly locate them within stores, in accordance with departmental standards.
- To assemble bulk fluids from picking lists and distribute them to the designated locations (wards/departments) around the hospital.
- To assist other staff with re-distribution of stocks within pharmacy.
- To remove and dispose of departmental refuse as required, in accordance with Trust standards.
- To prepare products in a form suitable for distribution to wards and departments, in accordance with departmental procedures.
- To maintain the stores and ward stock distribution area in a clean and tidy condition, ensuring that gangways and fire escapes are not blocked so that there are no avoidable Health and Safety risks to anyone.
- To attend departmental meetings as and when required.
- To undertake such other reasonable duties as may be necessary to ensure the smooth running of the pharmacy service as determined by the senior staff.
- To dispose of packaging to an appropriate place as required by pharmacy and Trust’s waste management policies.
- To co-operate with other members of pharmacy staff as necessary, to facilitate the smooth running of the department.
- To participate in rotational work schedules, including Saturday and Sunday working.
- Complete any training in a timely manner
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- On the job experience in similar environment e.g. warehouse
- Experience of working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience with the use of electric trucks
- Experience in working in pharmacy
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential criteria
- To have Basic Math and English skills e.g. Functional skills Level 2
Desirable criteria
- Willing to undertake or have a Dispensary Stock management Course and any other relevant modules from the NVQ 2 Pharmacy Services course
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Flexible
- Tidy and clean appearance
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to carry out routine tasks under Standard Operating Procedures
- Able to take instructions from more senior members of staff
- Able to work on own initiative
- Able to work as part of a team
Other
Essential criteria
- Capable of occasional moderate lifting <20kg
- Able to participate in weekend/bank holiday work
- Physically fit
- Ability to attend regularly
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Effective Open Communication
- Excellence and Safety in all that we do
- Challenge but Support
- Expect Respect and Dignity
- Local Healthcare that Inspires Confidence
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alistair Jones
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476153296
- Additional information
For an informal chat and further information on the role please contact Alistair Jones or Karen Evans 02476153296.
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