Job summary
Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week
Are you an experienced dispenser seeking new challenges in hospital pharmacy or a pharmacy assistant who has completed NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent?
We are seeking a flexible, conscientious, reliable and motivated individual with a positive attitude to join our pharmacy team. The ability to work under pressure is essential.
Based in the Dispensary at the Countess of Chester Hospital you will work as a member of our pharmacy team in the delivery of an efficient pharmacy service to all service users. You must be able work under pressure and communicate effectively in a number of situations with a variety of people including patients, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals. Duties will include reception cover, ordering and receipt of pharmaceutical orders, pre-packing and over-labelling of medication, replenishing and overseeing the supply of cardiac arrest boxes, storage and disposal of patients own medication, ward returns and participation in the dispensing rota.
Inclusion in weekend working & Bank Holiday rota paid as extra
Main duties of the job
- To carry out accurately and efficiently the dispensing of prescriptions, including unlicensed and named-patient medication, oral cytotoxic, controlled drugs and Patient's own medicationin accordance with the agreed safe systems of work practice; This includes drug's strength, formulation, pack size, expiry date and quantity, in line with departmental procedures.
- To prepare blister packs for designated patients
- To extemporaneously dispense medicines in accordance with COSHH regulations and standard operating procedures.
- Be aware of department dispensing Key Performance Indicators, work towards achieving them and reporting breaches.
- To input and maintain accurate computer and register records for controlled drugs,unlicensed drugs and named-patient medication according to departmental procedures.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- English and Maths GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent qualification)
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy service or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- NPA Interact in Over the counter medication
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in a pharmacy setting receiving and issuing medicines.
- Knowledge of medicines
- Ability to participate in training programmes and successfully demonstrate the required competence
- Experience in dealing with members of the public in a service capacity to ensure good customer service.
- Commitment to CPD, further education and career development
- Understanding of stock holding and rotation
Desirable
- Knowledge of procedures for own pharmacy area and ability to follow them.
- Experience of Good organisational and time management skills
- Experience in Hospital /Community pharmacy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- English and Maths GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent qualification)
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy service or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- NPA Interact in Over the counter medication
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in a pharmacy setting receiving and issuing medicines.
- Knowledge of medicines
- Ability to participate in training programmes and successfully demonstrate the required competence
- Experience in dealing with members of the public in a service capacity to ensure good customer service.
- Commitment to CPD, further education and career development
- Understanding of stock holding and rotation
Desirable
- Knowledge of procedures for own pharmacy area and ability to follow them.
- Experience of Good organisational and time management skills
- Experience in Hospital /Community pharmacy.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
