Dispensing Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Dispensing Unit

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Production team member to support aseptic dispensing, quality checks, and pre-packing of medicines. The role involves working in a clean room environment and ensuring accurate preparation of patient-specific meds for clinics and wards.

You will receive in-house training in aseptic dispensing, labelling, and distribution, with ongoing validation in aseptic technique and use of relevant computer systems to maintain safety and

Qualifications

• In-house training and experience for prescription interpretation, labelling and aseptic dispensing equivalent to NVQ level 3
• Desirable knowledge of working in a sterile environment
• GCSE Maths and English grade C or equivalent and NVQ Pharmacy Level 2
• In-house training programmes including labelling, aseptic dispensing, and distribution
• Regular validation in aseptic technique and training in relevant computer programmes
• Desirable: Manual handling, COSHH, Fire and Security training
• Experience following procedures; ability to work in a team and communicate effectively
• Stock control, filing/record keeping, sterile environment and good housekeeping skills

Skills

Aseptic dispensing

Quality control checks

Labelling

Distribution

Prescription interpretation training

IT / keyboard skills

Training in computer programmes

Education

GCSE Maths and English Grade C or equivalent

NVQ Pharmacy Level 2 in pharmacy services

Tools

Sterile environment familiarity

Job description

Job summary
Are you looking for a role where your work directly contributes to safer, better patient care? Join our Pharmacy Production team and play a vital part in ensuring patients receive high-quality, safe, and appropriately prepared medicines.
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to join a committed and skilled team dedicated to maximising the availability of safe, appropriate medication to support excellent patient care.
Please note, this is NOT a Pharmacy Dispensing role.
You will work across three key areas within Pharmacy Production:
Aseptic Dispensing Unit
Your primary focus will be within our Aseptic Dispensing Unit, where you will assemble and prepare patient-specific injectable medications for clinics and wards throughout the Trust. You will work within a Pharmacy clean room, wearing specialist clothing and prepare medications inside a pharmaceutical isolator.
Quality Control Department
You will be trained and validated to support the Quality Control team, carrying out essential checks on unlicensed medicines and products labelled in our Pre-packing Unit.
Pre-packing Unit
You will also be validated to work within the Pre-packing Unit, labelling bulk quantities of medicines for both internal and external Trust customers, as well as picking and accuracy-checking orders.
If you are enthusiastic, organised, and committed to supporting excellent patient care, we would be delighted to receive your application and welcome you to our team.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• In-house training and experience for prescription interpretation, labelling and aseptic dispensing equivalent to NVQ level 3

Desirable

• To possess knowledge of working in a sterile environment

Qualifications
Essential

• GCSE Maths and English Grade C or equivalent
• NVQ Pharmacy level 2 in pharmacy services

Further Training
Essential

• In house training programmes including labelling, aseptic dispensing, and distribution
• Regular validation in aseptic technique
• Training in the use of relevant computer programmes

Desirable

• Manual handling training
• Health and Safety Training, including COSHH, Fire and Security

Experience
Essential

• Experience of following procedures
• Proven team member and ability to work alone
• Proven oral and written communication skills
• IT / Keyboard skills

Desirable

• Stock control
• Filing/record keeping
• Sterile environment
• Good housekeeping skills

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Flexible approach to working hours
• Regular attendance during the required hours
• Weekend and bank holiday working

Desirable

• Ability to travel between hospital sites

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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