Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant (XR03)

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

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking a Pharmacy Services Assistant to join their dispensary team. The role involves dispensing medicines, supervising pharmacy assistants, and managing stock in a busy hospital environment. Candidates are required to have a Level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services and prior pharmacy experience. The position offers full-time hours with a commitment to serving patients with efficiency and care.

Qualifications

• Previous hospital or community pharmacy experience.
• Experience in labelling and dispensing.
• Knowledge of good customer care.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing medicines including controlled drugs and discharge prescriptions.
• Supervising Pharmacy Services Assistants and Pharmacy Porters.
• Managing stock and ordering medicines.

Skills

Excellent verbal communication skills

Ability to work accurately under pressure

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Knowledge of procedures in pharmacy

Ability to supervise staff

Education

Level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services

English and maths GCSEs

Tools

Stock control systems

Job description

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

Our busy, friendly dispensary team at St James hospital work hard in a fast paced but supportive environment to provide an excellent medicines supply service. You will be working with pharmacists, technicians, and our ward teams dispensing medicines to all our patients on the wards.

The role requires an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and previous pharmacy experience.

This role is based in Inpatient Pharmacy at St James hospital and is full time hours, (37.5 hours) Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm. 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 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

Leeds is a wonderful city to work in and LTHT is an organisation that puts its patients first and highly values and supports its staff.

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 is a friendly and extremely supportive team working as part of 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 adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job responsibilities

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

The role may also include distribution duties including the movement of goods and a requirement for general housekeeping duties.

The post holder will not have any line management responsibilities. They will provide induction and training for Pharmacy Services Assistants and Pharmacy Porters and other staff as required.

The post holder will be required to work evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays on a rostered basis.

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

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

Experience of working in a community or hospital pharmacy.

Knowledge of procedures of own working area following on the job training.

Knowledge of good customer care.

Experience of stock control systems.

Must have excellent verbal communication skills.

Ability to work accurately under pressure and follow standard operating procedures.

Good literacy and numeracy skills.

Ability to interpret written instructions.

Ability to supervise and give instruction to Pharmacy Services Assistants and Porters and other staff as required.

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

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

Accountable

Empowered

All our 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.