Band 4 - Pharmacy Assistant - Moorfields

Bank Partners; City Of London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks an experienced Band 4 Pharmacy Assistant. The role involves providing patient-focused pharmacy services, assisting with dispensing tasks, and maintaining stock control. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently. Flexible working hours and competitive pay are part of the offering.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Weekly salary

Contribution to NHS pension

Priority shifts over agency workers

Competitive pay

Qualifications

• Recent experience of working in a Pharmacy.
• Experience in a Pharmacy dispensary is essential.
• Flexibility to work evening and weekend shifts is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists in dispensary tasks.
• Process patient prescriptions and payments.
• Maintain clean and tidy dispensing facilities.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Customer service skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Excellent organisational skills

Basic IT skills

Education

Educated to GCSE standard including Maths and English

BTEC or NVQ level 2 in pharmaceutical services

Job description

Overview

Moorfields Eye Hospital are recruiting an experienced Band 4 Pharmacy Assistant to join their highly skilled and qualified team.

Moorfields is the leading provider of eye health services in the UK and a world-class centre of excellence for ophthalmic research and education. Their clinical staff take great pride in providing high-quality care to their patients across their extensive specialist clinics, including their A&E department; Paediatric clinic; Retinal Therapy Unit; Cataract, Glaucoma, Genetics, Orbital Oncology departments; and many more. It provides state-of-the-art operating facilities run by some of the UK’s leading ophthalmology surgeons, providing operative services including laser treatment, vision correction, cosmetic treatment, and various other corrective treatment for a range of eye conditions.

THE POST:

To assist in the provision of a safe and efficient patient focused clinical pharmacy service in the Pharmacy dispensaries. The post holder will be working in a patient facing area as part of the dispensary clinical pharmacy team.

The post holder will work in conjunction with the Lead Pharmacy Technician for Clinical Services and the Senior Pharmacy Technicians to manage and coordinate workflow in the dispensaries, monitoring the quality of service provided and to actively promote the implementation of important Trust initiatives for out-patients services.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will provide support to the Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists in the Pharmacy dispensaries in accordance with relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• To receive prescriptions from patients for dispensing.
• Following a period of training and assessment, to undertake the assembly of medicines for individual out/inpatients. This will involve: generating a label; choosing the correct medicine from stock; counting and packing the medicine; preparing prescriptions for checking by a Pharmacist or Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician; and giving out specific dispensed and checked medications with appropriate instructions to patients after appropriate training and assessment.
• To support stock control within the dispensaries including ordering and receiving stock from Pharmacy stores and distribution and stock rotation.
• To process prescription and over the counter payments where applicable.
• To assist in ward stock top ups after appropriate training. This will involve visiting wards/departments and creating orders for stock medicines; filling the order; entering issues on the computer; ensuring wards/departments receive their stock in a timely manner.
• To be involved in stock control for ancillary stock (e.g. bottles, bags and labels) in the Pharmacy dispensaries and ensure these are available in suitable quantities.
• To ensure that all relevant Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) are photocopied and are always available.
• To be involved in accurate stock control of medicines in the Pharmacy dispensaries and within clinical areas.
• To maintain clean and tidy dispensing facilities and safe systems of work including expiry date checking and correct disposal of medications.
• To undertake mandatory training.
• To be responsible for the filing of prescriptions on a daily basis.
• To undertake answering the telephone and dealing with queries where necessary, including liaising with other Pharmacy staff both at City Road and at Network sites.
• To handle medicines returned from the wards/departments and patients, making the appropriate computer records, and disposing of unwanted/expired stock following Trust policies and departmental procedures and in accordance with national guidance and legislation.
• To assist the Lead and Senior Pharmacy Technicians in receipt of medicinal stock from Pharmaceutical wholesalers when necessary.
• To assist in the prompt matching process of all delivery notes, orders and invoices.
• To book and arrange deliveries of medicinal stock to Moorfields Network sites.
• To arrange deliveries of medicines supplied on prescription to patients homes either by post or same day courier.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent including Maths and English
• BTEC or NVQ level 2 in pharmaceutical services or equivalent
• Recent experience of working in a Pharmacy
• Experience of working in a Pharmacy dispensary
• Ability to read, write and use the English language
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer service skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and be accountable for own actions
• Excellent organisational skills and problem solving skills
• Basic IT skills
• Manual lifting & handling
• Motivated team player
• Assertive, friendly, polite and approachable
• Proactive approach and willing to learn
• Flexible to working evening and weekend shifts if required

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Weekly salary
• Staffing Bank workers can contribute to their NHS pension
• Priority of shifts over all agency workers
• Competitive pay

Apply now for this fantastic opportunity by uploading your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.