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• To provide support to deliver the supply of pharmaceuticals to Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHU) and carry out the receipt and distribution of wholesaling activities from the Regional Drug Purchasing Centre (RDPC) to external customer.

• Help to maintain the standards required by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in order to keep the departments wholesaler dealer licence and reputation with customers.

• Help to maintain the standards required by the Home Office in order to keep the departments Controlled Drug licence.

Specific Core Functions:

• Undertaking the day-to-day activities required to ensure all deadlines are met and that work is completed according to written work instructions and Good Distribution Practice, Health and Safety at work act and any other legislation where applicable.

• Receiving& responding to phone complex calls/emails from PHU wards/departments and external hospitals and customers asking for advice on a range of issues to include medication supplies, stock queries and supply shortage issues and delivery schedules.

• Staff will also be required to deliver training to staff who rotate from PHU in their student technician roles and pre-registration pharmacist roles as well as new starters in the department.

• Enforcement of quality management systems within the department including completion of documentation, maintenance of quality indicators and compliance with the results of audits to ensure the standards of GDP required by the MHRA are met at all times.

• Receipting of pharmaceutical stock and checking against delivery notes or copy orders, highlighting discrepancies to the warehouse manager or office team.

• Ensuring that pharmaceutical stock is stored with due regard to storage requirements and stock rotation, to include ambient, refrigerated, controlled drugs, unlicensed and robot items.

• Creating picking lists for stock from orders generated by wards and departments served by PHU using computerised options including a bar code reader or keyboard data entry.

For full job details and person specification please refer to the Job Description

Job description

• To provide support to deliver the supply of pharmaceuticals to Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHU) and carry out the receipt and distribution of wholesaling activities from the Regional Drug Purchasing Centre (RDPC) to external customer.

• Help to maintain the standards required by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in order to keep the departments wholesaler dealer licence and reputation with customers.

• Help to maintain the standards required by the Home Office in order to keep the departments Controlled Drug licence.

Specific Core Functions:

• Undertaking the day-to-day activities required to ensure all deadlines are met and that work is completed according to written work instructions and Good Distribution Practice, Health and Safety at work act and any other legislation where applicable.

• Receiving& responding to phone complex calls/emails from PHU wards/departments and external hospitals and customers asking for advice on a range of issues to include medication supplies, stock queries and supply shortage issues and delivery schedules.

• Staff will also be required to deliver training to staff who rotate from PHU in their student technician roles and pre-registration pharmacist roles as well as new starters in the department.

• Enforcement of quality management systems within the department including completion of documentation, maintenance of quality indicators and compliance with the results of audits to ensure the standards of GDP required by the MHRA are met at all times.

• Receipting of pharmaceutical stock and checking against delivery notes or copy orders, highlighting discrepancies to the warehouse manager or office team.

• Ensuring that pharmaceutical stock is stored with due regard to storage requirements and stock rotation, to include ambient, refrigerated, controlled drugs, unlicensed and robot items.

• Creating picking lists for stock from orders generated by wards and departments served by PHU using computerised options including a bar code reader or keyboard data entry.

For full job details and person specification please refer to the Job Description

What is the salary for this warehouse operative role in Fareham?

The advertised salary for this warehouse operative role at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is £25760.00 to £27476.00 p.a.. Typical warehouse operative pay in Fareham varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

Does Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have other pharmacy roles open in the UK?

Yes — PharmSee currently tracks 4 open pharmacy vacancies from Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust across the UK. Browse all Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust roles on PharmSee to compare locations and salaries.

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