Dispensary Senior Assistant Technical Office (SATO)

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Exeter; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a capable pharmacist to join our dispensary team. You will greet visitors, prepare medications for patient use with the EPIC system, and dispense inpatient, discharge and controlled drug medications across specialties.

You will receive CD prescriptions and requisitions, hand out medicines to patients and ward staff, and assist in training new staff including dispensary team members, pharmacists, foundation year pharmacists and

Qualifications

• Greet visitors and attend to patients.
• Prepare medications for patient use with EPIC.
• Dispense inpatient, discharge and CD medications using EPIC.
• Receive CD prescriptions and requisitions for onward dispensing.
• Hand out medicines to patients and ward staff following correct processes.
• Assist in meeting deadlines.
• Train new dispensary staff, pharmacists, foundation year pharmacists and pre-registration student technicians.
• Support aseptic team training.

Responsibilities

• Greet and attend to all visitors and patients.
• Prepare medications for patient use with the EPIC system.
• Dispense inpatient, discharge and CD medications using EPIC Dispensing System.
• Receive CD prescriptions and requisition books for onward dispensing.
• Hand out medicines to patients and ward staff following correct processes.
• Assist in meeting deadlines.
• Train new dispensary staff, pharmacists, foundation year pharmacists and pre-registration student technicians.
• Support aseptic team training.

Skills

Dispensing medications

EPIC system

CD prescriptions handling

Training staff

Tools

EPIC Dispensing System

Job description

• Greet and attend to all visitors (including patients) according to dispensary guidelines.
• Prepare medications for patients use using the EPIC system.
• Dispense Royal Devon Inpatient, Discharge and Controlled Drug Medications in preparation for checking, using the EPIC Dispensing System. You will also be expected to dispense medication for specialist areas including Devon Partnership Trust, the Hospice and specialty clinics within the Trust.
• Receive Controlled Drug (CD) Prescriptions, CD Requisition Books and other documents for onward dispensing or passing to the appropriate staff member/team for further action.
• Hand out medicines to patients and ward staff following correct processes.
• Assist in meeting deadlines.
• Assist in the training of new member of staff including the dispensary team, pharmacists, foundation year pharmacists and pre-registration student technicians. You will also be expected to help in the training of the aseptic team

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most., Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the‑art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world‑class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.