Bank Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals; Rishton; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant – dispensing services to support ward and department medicine supply. The role covers reception duties, dispensing medications and stock control within a busy hospital environment.

You will work across Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley Hospital, contributing to patient care and pharmacy services while developing your skills in a supportive NHS setting.

Qualifications

• Maths and English at GCSE level or equivalent.
• Experience of working in a team.
• Good telephone/communication skills.
• Computer experience including good keyboard skills.
• Knowledge of Health & safety.
• NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust.
• Reception duties.
• Dispensing medications.
• Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking and use of the Pharmacy IT System.
• Provides an effective reception service, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries.
• Maintains stock of dispensing sundries and carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards.
• Supports the training and development of pharmacy team.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Keyboard skills

Health & safety knowledge

Education

GCSE Maths & English

NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services

Tools

Pharmacy IT System

Job description

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic hard working and patient focussed person with an interest in pharmacy?

Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in community and are looking to gain experience in a hospital setting?

If you are keen to join a forward thinking pharmacy department supporting patient care we would love to hear from you.

The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Pharmacy Assistant – dispensing services

As an employer we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation people are proud to work for.

**The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics, run fitness classes and organise mindfulness sessions**

Main duties of the job

We are one of the largest trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to people in Preston and Chorley and specialist care (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Burns and Plastics, Oncology and Renal Medicine) to 1.5m people across Lancashire and South Cumbria in addition we are proud to be the regional Major Trauma Centre providing life and limb saving treatment for patients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.

• Working with pharmacy teams to prepare and supply medicines products directly towards for patient use
• Stock control including ordering, receipting drug deliveries stock rotation, expiry checking and date checking
• Sorting medications, disposing of unwanted medicines and updating pharmacy computer.
• Medicines supply
• Dispensary based duties

Working for our organisation

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust
• Reception duties
• Dispensing medications
• Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking and use of the Pharmacy IT System
• Provides an effective reception service, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries.
• Maintains stock of dispensing sundries and carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards.
• Supports the training and development of pharmacy team

The core hours of duty are a 7.5 hour shift from 8am - 19:30 Monday to Friday. Applicants will be expected to participate in weekend and Bank holiday on a rota basis.

This role is cross site at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley Hospital.

Person specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential criteria

• Maths and English competent / Educated to GCSE level

Desirable criteria

• NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a team
• Knowledge of stock control systems
• Good telephone/ communication skills
• Computer experience including good keyboard skills
• Knowledge of Health & safety

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in pharmacy
• Experience of working in a customer facing role
• Experience of working in a busy environment.