Does anyone work in a hospital pharmacy?

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If so what is the role of a ATO, have seen a job advertised but doesn’t explain much about the role. I currently work in community pharmacy as a dispenser but looking for a different role.

It’s mostly dispensing but hospital pharmacy is slightly more varied than community. The role may also include (depending on the hospital) working in the store receiving deliveries, stocking the robot, and ward top-ups. Ward top-ups is basically ensuring the wards have enough medication. That’s about it really.

Lots of moving boxes when delivered, walking around delivering stock to wards and departments, delivering tta, hanging around wards waiting for a nurse to sign for cd, checking in stock, stocking the robots, answering the phone . What does the job description say.

@KittenCatcher

Lots of moving boxes when delivered, walking around delivering stock to wards and departments, delivering tta, hanging around wards waiting for a nurse to sign for cd, checking in stock, stocking the robots, answering the phone . What does the job description say.

It says about assisting in the movement of pharmaceutical products and the handling of heavy fluids boxes, gas cylinders, cytotoxic products and raw materials. Just worried that it involves a lot of heavy lifting.

It sounds like it would involve heavy lifting but you would receive training in that, manual handling and the safe transport of cytotoxic. You would expect them to use lifting equipment. Cylinders are taken around on trolleys, some hospitals use golf carts for pharmacy deliveries.

@KittenCatcher

It sounds like it would involve heavy lifting but you would receive training in that, manual handling and the safe transport of cytotoxic. You would expect them to use lifting equipment. Cylinders are taken around on trolleys, some hospitals use golf carts for pharmacy deliveries.

just worried as i had a shoulder operation last year and still can't lift much

I had a shoulder op and had to see occy health, i dropped my hours and only lifted anything light. I was a nurse. I would ask your gp or surgeon. You dont want to undo yours a d their good work. You may be asked to declare any operations and any risks involved with lifting and handling on your medical questionnaire.