Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in England is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant for dispensing services. The role involves working with pharmacy teams to supply medicines and manage stock control. Ideal candidates must have a passion for patient care and an interest in enhancing their pharmacy skills. This position offers development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Access to Health and Wellbeing support

Varied development opportunities

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and hardworking attitude towards pharmacy.
• Experience working as a pharmacy dispenser in the community.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and supply medicines products for patient use.
• Manage stock control and ordering medical supplies.
• Sort and dispose of unwanted medicines, update pharmacy computer.

Job description

Overview

Are you an enthusiastic, hardworking and patient‑focussed person with an interest in pharmacy? Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in community and 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 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

Responsibilities

• 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

About the Trust

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 and 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 makes a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

Development and Culture

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people and 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 and enhance your career path. You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold and 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.

Contact for further details / informal visits

Name: James Miles | Job title: Dispensary Team Leader, Chorley Hospital | Email: [e-mail] | Telephone: [phone]
Jenny Barnes | Dispensary Team Leader, Preston Hospital | Telephone: [phone]
Michelle Knowles | Deputy Dispensary Team Leader, Chorley Hospital | Telephone: [phone]