Higher Level Pharmacy Support Worker - Peterborough

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff benefits

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a higher level pharmacy support role within a small pharmacy team. You will provide technical support across the service, ensuring safe dispensing, medicines management, and stock handling, including intravenous fluids.

The role requires a Level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services or equivalent and a commitment to ongoing professional development. You will work independently and as part of the team under pressure in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Full NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent dispensing qualification.
• GPHC-approved level 2 pharmacy qualification including dispensing modules, or equivalent dispensing course.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Give technical support to pharmacy teams across the service, keeping tasks safe, accurate and timely.
• Support the technical side of medicines management and the accurate dispensing of prescriptions.
• Receive, store, supply, issue and distribute stock, including intravenous fluids, to wards, departments and external customers.
• Dispense in-patient and out-patient medicines: receive, label and assemble prescriptions and get them out promptly, following departmental procedures.

Skills

Good customer skills

Verbal and written communication

Prioritise workload

Work with minimal supervision

Initiative and SOP adherence

Education

NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or dispensing qualification

GPHC-approved level 2 pharmacy qualification with dispensing modules

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

This higher level pharmacy support post sits in the small pharmacy team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. The work gives technical support across the pharmacy service, covering safe dispensing, medicines management and stock handling, including intravenous fluids. Its specialism is Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy, where new treatments are introduced regularly and the setting can be pressured. A Level 2 pharmacy qualification with dispensing content is required.

What the job involves

• Give technical support to pharmacy teams across the service, keeping tasks safe, accurate and timely
• Support the technical side of medicines management and the accurate dispensing of prescriptions
• Receive, store, supply, issue and distribute stock, including intravenous fluids, to wards, departments and external customers
• Dispense in-patient and out-patient medicines: receive, label and assemble prescriptions and get them out promptly, following departmental procedures

Qualifications

• Full NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent dispensing qualification
• GPHC-approved level 2 pharmacy qualification including dispensing modules, or equivalent dispensing course
• Commitment to continuing professional development

Skills & knowledge

• Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of current medicines legislation
• Good customer skills
• Good verbal and written communication
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, using initiative and following departmental Standard Operating Procedures

Other

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to deal sympathetically with staff, patients and relatives, within own competency
• Appreciation of confidentiality issues
• Ability to stay calm and work effectively under pressure

Nice to have

• Understanding of a pharmacy stock control computer system
• Previous experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
• Experience of working in an aseptic unit

What’s offered

• Staff benefits, detailed in an attached leaflet