King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer – Stores and Distribution
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Job Description
Overview
To assist in the day-to-day duties of the Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution unit with a specific focus on the distribution and subsequent receiving of all medicines. Work will be carried out under the supervision of the Lead Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Team. This role will be cross site helping ensure receiving practice across the unit is the same.
Distribution
- To accurately use the internal computer system EPIC to issue stock items to replenish wards, departments and community clinics.
- To use information obtained from Omnicell system to respond to stock requests and assist with stock optimisation.
- To accurately assemble items on picking tickets ready for checking.
- To accurately check items previously picked by another member of staff and pack appropriately ready for delivery to required areas.
- To have responsibility for the top-up of drugs to a designated ward/department and to provide cover as necessary for any unavailable staff on their wards/department.
- Maintenance of stocked items in the Omnicell cabinets including assigning, removing and adjusting stock locations.
- To generate Omnicell critical items report.
- To assist in the issue of 'to follow' items for wards and departments daily.
- To monitor and action requests and queries received in the distribution email inbox, including ‘ad hoc’ items to wards.
- To check and record environmental temperatures, referring to a senior colleague in the event of any anomalies.
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Procurement
- To provide cover for ordering in the absence of the Procurement Assistant.
- To provide cover for invoicing in the absence of the Procurement Assistant.
- To investigate ordering and invoicing discrepancies.
- Investigation and escalation of out-of-stock items.
About the Trust
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
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Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Alisha Jackson
- Job title: Omnicell System Administrator
- Email address: alisha.jackson@nhs.net
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