Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant (XR03)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking a Pharmacy Services Assistant to join its dispensary team. In this full-time role, you will support the dispensing of medications and aid in stock management. Candidates must have an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and previous experience in a pharmacy environment. The position entails working alongside a supportive team in a fast-paced hospital setting, with shifts from Monday to Friday and additional evening and weekend duties as scheduled.

Qualifications

• Previous hospital or community pharmacy experience.
• Experience in labelling and dispensing medicines.
• Knowledge of stock control systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform pharmacy support duties including stock management and dispensing.
• Supervise Pharmacy Services Assistants and Porters.
• Work evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays on a rostered basis.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Ability to work under pressure

Stock control experience

Education

Level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services

English and Maths GCSEs

Job description

Areyou passionate about providing an efficient medicines supply service toinpatients in our hospital?

Ourbusy, friendly dispensary team at St James hospital work hard in a fastpaced but supportive environment to provide an excellent medicines supplyservice. You will be working with pharmacists, technicians, and our wardteams dispensing medicines to all our patients on the wards.

Therole requires an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and previous pharmacyexperience.

Thisrole is based in Inpatient Pharmacy at St James hospital and is full timehours, (37.5 hours) Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm. All staff contributes to an 8pm eveningshift every 5 weeks and a Saturday or Sunday on a 1 in 4 rota.

Main duties of the job

The 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.

Some stock maintenance and ordering of medicines will also be included in this role.

About us

Leedsis a wonderful city to work in and LTHT is an organisation that puts itspatients first and highly values and supports its staff,

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

Thedispensary team is a friendly and extremely supportive team working as partof the larger Medicines Management & Pharmacy Services Team.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Performa variety of pharmacy support duties, some of which may be patient facing.These include stock management, dispensing and/or preparation of medicines ina designated area of MMPS which may include dispensary, aseptic facilities,warehouse and dispensary support rooms at ward level. Day to day supervisionof Pharmacy Services Assistants and Pharmacy Porters to ensure servicedelivery in relevant area of MMPS

Theremay also be distribution duties including the movement of goods and arequirement for general housekeeping duties.

The post holder will not have anyline management responsibilities. Theywill provide induction and training for Pharmacy Services Assistants andPharmacy Porters and other staff as required.

Thepost holder will be required to work evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays ona rostered basis.

Thepost holder will be required to travel to other sites for briefing meetings,training sessions and to support service provision.

Level 2 Apprenticeship /PharmacyServices Assistant or NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or PharmacyManufacturing Course.

Experience of working in acommunity or hospital pharmacy.

Knowledge of procedures of ownworking area following on the job training

Knowledge of good customer care.

Experience of stock control systems

Must have excellent verbalcommunication skills.

Ability to work accurately underpressure and follow standard operating procedures.

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Ability to interpret writteninstructions.

Ability to supervise and giveinstruction to Pharmacy Services Assistants and Porters and other staff asrequired

THELEEDS WAY VALUES

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

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Person Specification

Qualifications

• English and maths GCSEs
• Level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services

Experience

• Previous hospital or community pharmacy experience
• Labelling and dispensing experience
• Experience in stock control

Skills & behaviours

• Excellent communication and team work skills
• Hardworking, reliable and flexible to change

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.