Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you looking for an exciting career? Would you like to join a fantastic hardworking team and be able to follow a career path? Here at Portsmouth Hospital University Trust we are recruiting to our expanding Pharmacy team! We are very lucky to have recently moved into larger brand-new premises based on site within QA Hospital and therefore seeking more Pharmacy Support Assistants within our Dispensary team.

This is a busy, varied role, based within a large diverse team providing medicines to over 1000 inpatients, clinics and outpatients every day. You will have excellent opportunities to learn and fully utilise your strong organisation skills and great communication ability daily, where you will be making a direct impact to the rest of the Pharmacy team and patients too. As you will be handling large boxes etc, physical fitness is a must; it is not a sit at a desk job and involves walking, lifting etc so perfect for those who love to be on the go! If you are enthusiastic and reliable you will do just great here at PHUT.

Your day will be occupied with various tasks primarily the role will involve ordering and receiving Pharmacy stock which is supplied to our many wards and departments but also, manning the reception area of pharmacy, dispensing duties using our fantastic new robot and automated cabinets, emergency box preparation and delivering medication throughout the hospital.

Main duties of the job

To correctly label and dispense Pharmaceuticals against prescriptions and to participate in other duties that contributes to the smooth running of dispensary
To support the pharmacy and medicines services to patients and other professional healthcare teams.
To support ordering, receiving, maintaining and supplying stock medicines for Pharmacy areas and/or agreed wards.
Receive prescriptions and any other pharmaceutical work appropriate to the level of training, knowledge and experience, in order to participate in the safe and effective delivery of pharmacy services across the Trust.

About us

The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

Date posted

22 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C8192-CD-23-0855

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Interpret a wide range of written and electronic prescriptions to accurately label and dispense medicines, , in a timely, legal and ethically acceptable manner to meet customer needs

2. Support reception area, receipt of written and electronic prescriptions ensuring they have the legal and local information required to enable staff to process and the ability to use, navigate and interrogate the computerised prescription tracking system to facilitate and record their progress.

3. Assist in the provision of pre-packed pharmaceuticals including emergency drug boxes.

4. Contributing to good pharmaceutical stock control in dispensary and customers department/ward. Participation in stock checks, collection of orders from receipt area, checks for short dated products, and the medicines return scheme.

5. Maintain supplies of Pharmaceutical stock by manually adjusting orders on the computerised pharmacy stock ordering system. Identifying stock supply/control problems and resolving them in conjunction with the QAH Manager/Leads, whilst communicating problems and progress to the appropriate person as they arise, in order to minimise risk to patient care.

6. Contribute to the correct receipt, storage, and rotation of pharmacy stocks ensuring maintenance of electronic and paper record systems relating to areas above, particularly those for specialist drugs requiring mandatory documentation, e.g. Controlled Drugs etc.

7. Work with pharmacy colleagues in main dispensary, Portsmouth Manufacturing Unit (PMU), Regional Distribution and Procurement Centre (RDPC) and oncology to coordinate medication supply against complex prescriptions.

8. To work with colleagues in oncology and oncology pharmacy to enable the co-ordination and provision of chemotherapy to the Haematology and Oncology day unit.

9. Support scheduling pre-planned work by working with all service users.

10. Take part in supporting transportation of medicinal goods between external units.

11. Help to support scheduling pre-planned work by working with all service users.

12. Accurately check stock as per profile for wards, departments, out-of-hours cupboard etc. against agreed stock levels then process order and replenish as necessary.

13. Under the guidance and supervision of senior staff assist in the training of Pharmacy Support Assistants (PSA) and trainees

14. Undertake and maintain Training to ensure Compliance to Local, Trust and General Pharmaceutical Council requirements.

15. Contribute to departmental quality monitoring and review of associated documentation to ensure that department, patient and customer expectations/needs are met

16. Contribute to the overall tidiness and efficiency of the department/area to include archiving, maintenance of consumables such as containers, stationary and packaging.

17. Treating all customers with courtesy to project a professional, caring image for the Pharmacy Service.

18. Contributing to the provision of services at weekends and Bank holidays as required to ensure continuity of service.