To provide a professional, efficient and customer focused Pharmacy Portering service that supports the clinical function of the Trust and promotes the health and well-being of patients.
To ensure that staff, patients and visitors are assisted, at all times and in any appropriate matters, in a manner that reflects positively on the Trust and the service.
This post provides support to Pharmacy stores and distribution at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
To interact with other staff and patients both in person and over the telephone and the need to work quickly and accurately under pressure.
To ensure that infection prevention and control is an integral part of service delivery.
To collect and deliver drugs, boxes, supplies and documentation to Pharmacy and, where required, between Pharmacy and ward and departmental areas.
To follow all local policies and procedures to ensure the secure delivery of these articles. To complete, in a timely manner, any urgent requests for collection and delivery of articles between Pharmacy and clinical, outpatient or reception areas.
To ensure that all medicines and related documents are transferred in a safe, secure and timely manner. This includes transfers between buildings.
To work in Pharmacy stores - receiving and checking orders ensuring that they are correct before entering on to the Pharmacy computer system and putting away, process dispensary requisitions and to follows, process ward and department orders and to follows, check returns from wards, and if suitable return to Pharmacy stock.
On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust – a truly once-in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us – so come and help to change the shape of healthcare for our heart and lung patients world-wide.
Please have a look at the attached job description for a more in depth overview of the requirements of the job role.