Senior Dispensing Assistant

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 April 2025

Job summary

The Pharmacy at St Peters Hospital have an exciting opportunity for a friendly and well organised individual to join our department as a Senior Dispensing Assistant.

We are a busy Pharmacy department, and your role will involve you supporting the Pharmacy dispensary team by receiving and processing prescriptions.

You will be working in a team alongside other Senior dispensing assistants, Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists. Please note this vacancy is only for 15hrs a week/2 days.The core working hours are 09:00 to 17:30, on selected days.

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills to effectively work alongside staff of all grades throughout the Hospital. You will be hardworking, keen to learn, and able to prioritise work. You will support the professional and technical staff in the dispensaries across the site but mainly based at St Peter's site, including good housekeeping and general administration duties.

Duties are supervised by qualified staff.

Main duties of the job

To dispense prescriptions for hospital in patients and out patients, discharge prescriptions and controlled drugs for all service users, undertake stock management in the dispensary. Adhere to SOPs, to use the pharmacy computer stock control system for the issues of medication for prescriptions and ad hoq requests and the maintenance of accurate patient records.

You will assist in the maintenance of stock checks and stock rotation, You will undertake dispensary reception duties and answering any telephone calls

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
On-site Nurseries
On-site staff cafes
On-site parking
Support in career development
Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,884 to £26,958 a year per annum inc. HCAS pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

323-HS8218-ED

Job locations

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To dispense prescriptions for hospital in patients and out patients, discharge prescriptions and controlled drugs for all service users.
To undertake stock management in the dispensary e.g. daily stock checks, checking expiry dates
To effectively and accurately use the computer stock control system for the issue of pharmaceuticals for prescriptions and ad-hoc stock requests, and maintenance of accurate patient records
To ensure that all activities carried out in the Dispensary follow departmental Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs)
To file completed prescriptions, requisitions ensuring easy retrieval of information.
To ensure that the dispensary is regularly replenished with cartons, dispensing bottles, medicine spoons, oral syringes etc.
To assist in the maintenance of adequate stocks and stock rotation in the dispensary
To participate in a continuing stock check, ensuring items are in date and dealing with out of date medication according to procedure.
To participate in the ward stock top up scheme on a regular basis including audit of stock.
To support Pharmacy Distribution staff during periods of low staffing.
To undertake Emergency drug cupboard checks as rostered, and fill and supply Emergency drug boxes as requested.
To maintain a tidy and clean work area and put away stock containers after use
To undertake reception duties as necessary including responding to calls at the Pharmacy hatch and dealing with telephone queries.
To undertake general administration duties as required.
To support Cancer Services Unit as required.
To participate in late night, weekend and Bank Holiday rotas
To assist with duties relevant to the post as deemed necessary by the Dispensary Team Leader
All pharmacy staff must show confidentiality with regard to any information about patients, confidential information about the Trust and commercial information (e.g. drug prices).

Job description

Job responsibilities

To dispense prescriptions for hospital in patients and out patients, discharge prescriptions and controlled drugs for all service users.
To undertake stock management in the dispensary e.g. daily stock checks, checking expiry dates
To effectively and accurately use the computer stock control system for the issue of pharmaceuticals for prescriptions and ad-hoc stock requests, and maintenance of accurate patient records
To ensure that all activities carried out in the Dispensary follow departmental Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs)
To file completed prescriptions, requisitions ensuring easy retrieval of information.
To ensure that the dispensary is regularly replenished with cartons, dispensing bottles, medicine spoons, oral syringes etc.
To assist in the maintenance of adequate stocks and stock rotation in the dispensary
To participate in a continuing stock check, ensuring items are in date and dealing with out of date medication according to procedure.
To participate in the ward stock top up scheme on a regular basis including audit of stock.
To support Pharmacy Distribution staff during periods of low staffing.
To undertake Emergency drug cupboard checks as rostered, and fill and supply Emergency drug boxes as requested.
To maintain a tidy and clean work area and put away stock containers after use
To undertake reception duties as necessary including responding to calls at the Pharmacy hatch and dealing with telephone queries.
To undertake general administration duties as required.
To support Cancer Services Unit as required.
To participate in late night, weekend and Bank Holiday rotas
To assist with duties relevant to the post as deemed necessary by the Dispensary Team Leader
All pharmacy staff must show confidentiality with regard to any information about patients, confidential information about the Trust and commercial information (e.g. drug prices).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

must have NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or dispensing qualification equivalent

Experience

Essential

must have dispensing experience

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

must have NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or dispensing qualification equivalent

Experience

Essential

must have dispensing experience

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.