Senior Pharmacy Assistant

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust; Truro; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cornwall is seeking a skilled pharmacy assistant to join their team. This role involves dispensing medications, maintaining records, and ensuring the accuracy of the dispensing process. The ideal candidate will have NVQ 2 or an equivalent qualification in pharmacy services and experience in a pharmacy setting. This position offers a chance to contribute to patient care and development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a pharmacy environment required.
• Supervisory experience is beneficial.
• Ability to maintain accuracy in work.

Responsibilities

• Dispense medications for in-patients and out-patients.
• Maintain records using pharmacy systems.
• Perform controlled drug audits.

Skills

Communication skills

Good accuracy

Computer skills

Education

NVQ 2 or equivalent in pharmacy services

GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English

Job description

The General Pharmacy at the Royal Cornwall Hospital is looking to recruit a skilled pharmacy assistant within the dispensary and supply services to ensure our patients receive the right medicines at the right time. This is a key role in our departmental strategy to focus on patient care and experience. This is an exciting development opportunity for the right person who will have the NVQ2 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services.

Main duties of the job

Dispensary

To dispense for in-patients, out-patients and patient discharge

To ensure accuracy of work during all stages of the dispensing process.

To ensure records and controls are correctly maintained using the pharmacy computer system and paper records and by following the Pharmacy Archive procedure

To relabel patients own drugs for reuse after assessment of suitability in the dispensary.

To perform reception duties including dealing with patient and NHS staff enquiries either face to face or by telephone.

To perform all activities in accordance with training and departmental standard operating procedure

To perform controlled drug audits

To assist in the Top Up and stock supplies to wards, clinical departments and community clinics when needed.

To perform all activities in accordance with training and departmental standard operating procedures

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.

Website: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools/royal-cornwall-hospitals-nhs-trust-clinical-school

https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

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

Experience

• Experience in a pharmacy environment
• Supervisory experience

Practical and intellectual skill

• Good all round communication skills both verbal and written
• Able to demonstrate good levels of accuracy in all areas of work
• Good Computer Skills
• Supervisory experience

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.