Senior Dispensing Assistant

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Dispensing Assistant for their pharmacy department. The role involves dispensing prescriptions and managing stock while ensuring compliance with operational procedures. Candidates must hold a Pharmacy Level 2 qualification and have excellent communication skills. This position is full-time, located at St. Peter's site, offering NHS benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement

On-site Nurseries

On-site staff cafes

On-site parking

Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream

Qualifications

• Must have a Pharmacy Level 2 vocational qualification.
• Ability to work effectively with staff of various grades.
• Experience in stock management and computer stock control system.

Responsibilities

• Dispense prescriptions for inpatients and outpatients.
• Undertake stock management and daily stock checks.
• Help maintain accurate patient records using the pharmacy system.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to prioritize work

Hard-working and keen to learn

Education

Pharmacy Level 2 vocational qualification

Job description

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Dispensing Assistant

The Pharmacy at St Peter's Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a friendly and well-organised individual to join our department as a Senior Dispensing Assistant. We are a busy Pharmacy department, and your role will involve supporting the Pharmacy dispensary team by receiving and processing prescriptions. You will be working in a team alongside other Senior dispensing assistants, Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, and Pharmacists.

The core working hours are 09:00 to 17:30, Monday to Friday. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills to be able to effectively work alongside staff of all grades throughout the Hospital. You will be hard-working and keen to learn, and can prioritise work. You will be supporting the professional and technical staff in the dispensaries across the site, but mainly based at St Peter's site, including good housekeeping and general administration duties.

Must have a Pharmacy Level 2 vocational qualification. NVQ qualifications in other subjects will not be shortlisted.

Main duties of the job

To dispense prescriptions for hospital in patients and out patients, discharge prescriptions and controlled drugs for all service users, undertake stock management in the dispensary. Adhere to SOPs, to use the pharmacy computer stock control system for the issues of medication for prescriptions and ad hoq requests and the maintenance of accurate patient records.

You will assist in the maintenance of stock checks and stock rotation. You will undertake dispensary reception duties and answering any telephone calls.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

What we offer

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Job responsibilities

Overview of Responsibilities :

• To dispense prescriptions for hospital in patients and out patients, discharge prescriptions and controlled drugs for all service users.
• To undertake stock management in the dispensary e.g. daily stock checks, checking expiry dates
• To effectively and accurately use the computer stock control system for the issue of pharmaceuticals for prescriptions and ad-hoc stock requests, and maintenance of accurate patient records
• To ensure that all activities carried out in the Dispensary follow departmental Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs)
• To file completed prescriptions, requisitions ensuring easy retrieval of information.
• To ensure that the dispensary is regularly replenished with cartons, dispensing bottles, medicine spoons, oral syringes etc.
• To assist in the maintenance of adequate stocks and stock rotation in the dispensary
• To participate in a continuing stock check, ensuring items are in date and dealing with out of date medication according to procedure.
• To participate in the ward stock top up scheme on a regular basis including audit of stock.
• To support Pharmacy Distribution staff during periods of low staffing.
• To undertake Emergency drug cupboard checks as rostered, and fill and supply Emergency drug boxes as requested.
• To maintain a tidy and clean work area and put away stock containers after use
• To undertake reception duties as necessary including responding to calls at the Pharmacy hatch and dealing with telephone queries.
• To undertake general administration duties as required.
• To support Cancer Services Unit as required.
• To participate in late night, weekend and Bank Holiday rotas
• To assist with duties relevant to the post as deemed necessary by the Dispensary Team Leader
• All pharmacy staff must show confidentiality with regard to any information about patients, confidential information about the Trust and commercial information (e.g. drug prices).

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.