Pharmacy Support Worker - Stores & Distribution

Job overview

Pharmacy Support Worker – Stores and Distribution

Department: Pharmacy

Band 2 £25,272 per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic Pharmacy Support Worker, to join the Stores and Distribution Team at Milton Keynes University Hospital. Are you a motivated individual with excellent communication and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of a team? If so, now is your chance to contribute your skills and knowledge to Milton Keynes University hospital.

This post will involve picking, packing and receipting of orders, stock rotation and ward supply including extended services.

Working as part of a team the role will involve lifting and moving of heavy items with appropriate training. Weekend & Bank Holiday working as part of a roster.

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

Interview date: 5 October 2026

Main duties of the job

'7.10 out of 10 feel they experience a safer workplace and focus on wellbeing, supporting one another and prioritising over all wellbeing, this scoring has increased from last year.' ''NHS Survey, 2024''

• To perform, under supervision, all types of pharmaceutical work appropriate to the level of knowledge and experience, to participate in the provision of pharmaceutical services to our patients and staff.
• To provide accurate, efficient, and high-quality supply service to the trust and external customers ensuring the continued quality of products, maintaining the standards required for wholesale supply, as required by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Stock shelves in the Inpatient Pharmacy, Outpatient Pharmacy, and any other required location ensuring that stock is kept clean, tidy, in the correct place and used in order FEFO (first expiry first out).
• Carry out regular stock checks of medicines stored within these areas reporting any discrepancies to the Procurement Pharmacy Technician.
• Receive and process orders for medicines from wards and departments.
• Visit wards and departments on a schedule, to order stock (top up).
• Deal with ad hoc requests for stock supply as they arise from wards/departments and outside clinics. These may be urgent and will need to be prioritised appropriately.
• Input data into the Pharmacy computer system to ensure that all appropriate records are made and kept up to date.
• Investigate and resolve delivery discrepancies, liaising with invoicing staff, making appropriate records of all investigations and outcomes.

Please refer to the Job Description for further details

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.