Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant

NHS Jobs; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds is recruiting a Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant for the LGI Inpatient Pharmacy. The role is full time (37.5 hours) Monday to Friday 8.30am–5pm, with 1 hour lunch, and periodic 8pm shifts plus a 1 in 4 weekend rota.

Your duties include labelling and dispensing medicines (including controlled drugs), discharge prescriptions and inpatient orders, plus some reception and stock maintenance tasks.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services is required.
• Previous pharmacy experience including labelling and dispensing is essential.
• Full-time hours with a mix of standard day shifts and periodic evenings/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Label and dispense medicines, including controlled drugs.
• Process discharge prescriptions and inpatient orders.
• Some reception and administration tasks (phone handling, front desk).
• Raise orders and receipt of products from suppliers; stock maintenance.
• Occasional work at LGI and Chapel Allerton Pharmacy as needed.

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services

Job description

Are you passionate about providing an efficient medicines supply service to inpatients in our hospital?Our busy, friendly dispensary team at the LGI, work hard in a fast paced but supportive environment to provide an excellent medicines supply service.This role requires a NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and previous pharmacy experience including labelling and dispensing is essential.The role is based in the Inpatient Pharmacy at the LGI and is full time (37.5 hours per week), Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5pm with 1 hour lunch.All staff contribute to an 8pm evening shift every 5 weeks and a Saturday or Sunday on a 1 in 4 rota.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant role is varied and consists of all aspects of labelling and dispensing medicines, including controlled drugs, discharge prescriptions, and inpatient orders.There will also be some reception work, answering the phone, dealing with reception and admin type tasks.Raising orders and receipt of products from external and internal suppliers on a rotating basis is also part of this role as well as some stock maintenance tasks.Although this position is based in the LGI dispensary there maybe times we require you to work at LGI and Chapel Allerton Pharmacy.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Emma Craske Pharmacy Technician Team Leader [e-mail] 01133922458

Job Summary

Are you passionate about providing an efficient medicines supply service to inpatients in our hospital?

Our busy, friendly dispensary team at the LGI, work hard in a fast paced but supportive environment to provide an excellent medicines supply service.

This role requires a NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and previous pharmacy experience including labelling and dispensing is essential.

The role is based in the Inpatient Pharmacy at the LGI and is full time (37.5 hours per week), Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5pm with 1 hour lunch.

All staff contribute to an 8pm evening shift every 5 weeks and a Saturday or Sunday on a 1 in 4 rota.

Why you should join our Team

Pharmacy is a forward thinking department that values the contribution of all our staff. There are plenty of opportunities to progress within different areas of our pharmacy services should you wish to.

The dispensary team at the LGI is a friendly and extremely supportive team working as part of the larger Medicines Management & Pharmacy Services Team. All the team work hard together to provide an efficient service to our patients.

What you will bring to the role

The Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant role is varied and consists of all aspects of labelling and dispensing medicines, including controlled drugs, discharge prescriptions, and inpatient orders.

There will also be some reception work, answering the phone, dealing with reception and admin type tasks.

Raising orders and receipt of products from external and internal suppliers on a rotating basis is also part of this role as well as some stock maintenance tasks.

Although this position is based in the LGI dispensary there maybe times we require you to work at LGI and Chapel Allerton Pharmacy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as we also see responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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.