Senior Pharmacy Assistant

Lancsteachinghospitals; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in Lancashire is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Assistant to enhance patient care and support pharmacy operations. This role offers opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment, appealing to those transitioning from community to hospital pharmacy settings.

Benefits

Health and Wellbeing support

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Current experience as a pharmacy dispenser.
• Enthusiastic about transitioning to hospital pharmacy.
• Willing to participate in management training.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and supply medicines for patient use.
• Manage stock including ordering and checking expiry dates.
• Perform dispensary-based duties.

Skills

Medication Supply

Stock Control

Customer Interaction

Job description

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Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in community and are looking to gain experience in a hospital setting? Are you an enthusiastic individual looking for a career in management? Full training will be delivered to support you make the transition into the hospital setting.

If you are keen to join a forward thinking pharmacy department supporting patient care we would love to hear from you.

The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Senior Pharmacy Assistant.

As an employer we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation people are proud to work for.

**The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics, run fitness classes and organise mindfulness sessions**

We are one of the largest trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to people in Preston and Chorley and specialist care (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Burns and Plastics, Oncology and Renal Medicine) to 1.5m people across Lancashire and South Cumbria in addition we are proud to be the regional Major Trauma Centre providing life and limb saving treatment for patients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.

• Working with pharmacy teams to prepare and supply medicines products directly towards for patient use
• Stock control including ordering, receipting drug deliveries stock rotation, expiry checking and date checking
• Sorting medications, disposing of unwanted medicines and updating pharmacy computer.
• Medicines supply
• Dispensary based duties
• Line management duties
  
  

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jenny Barnes Job title: Dispensary Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01772 524425

James Miles

Dispensary Team Leader

[e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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