Pharmacy Porter - HMP High Down

· The post holder will work as a member of the Pharmacy team and will be required to assist with a wide range of portering duties.
· To assist the Dispensary Manager to ensure all tasks in the pharmacy dispensary are completed as per objectives.
· To provide work within the wider healthcare team to provide comprehensive, optimised pharmaceutical services, taking into consideration the high level of security which must be maintained at all times., + Dealing with enquiries from, visitors, patients and staff in a courteous and helpful manner and assisting any patient or visitor with walking or directional difficulties.
+ To collect and transport medication from prison gate to pharmacy, making multiple journeys in a day.
+ Collect pharmacy related items from prison gate.
+ To ensure medication requests delivery to the house units in a timely fashion in line with the prison regime.
+ Collection and signing for CDs from the gate on behalf of the Pharmacy.
+ Delivery of medical gases to wards and departments, and the fitting of valve/flow meters as necessary. Advising pharmacy when gas supplies need to be replaced. Completing appropriate paper work and notifying pharmacy.
+ Collection of confidential waste from the Dispensary and deliver to holding areas within the site.
+ Collection and delivery of the Dispensary's clinical waste in accordance with Infection Control procedure to holding area within the site completion of clinical waste record sheets original the main hospital copy to be filed in facilities office.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Pharmacy Porter to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP High Down. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7 day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.
Our motto is "Caring NOT Judging" so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
+ Monthly supervision
+ Annual personal development plans/appraisals
+ Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
+ Health and well-being services
+ Season ticket loans
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Relocation package
The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings., We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.