Job summary
PHARMACY DISPENSER
The Pharmacy Shop is the trading name for a wholly owned subsidiary (the business) of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. It operates to provide exceptional, accessible and innovative healthcare and pharmaceutical services for the Trust's patients, staff and the local community.
The post holder will be employed by The Pharmacy Shop, not the NHS.
The salary for this role is competitive and negotiable depending on experience.
We require a dependable, enthusiastic & motivated pharmacy dispenser to deliver a high quality and effective patient focused service.
You would be fully supported in your personal development with a personal development plan updated annually.
You must possess excellent skills in accuracy and good attention to detail as you will be responsible for dispensing hospital prescriptions. You will need to provide cover on the pharmacy counter and this will require you to be flexible and adaptable.
You should possess good communication skills and be a committed team player. Hospital experience is not essential and applications from community pharmacy are welcome as training will be provided.
We are ideally looking for a full time candidate ( 40 hours per week) but may be willing to consider those looking for part time work (such as the school hours between 10am and 2pm) for the right candidate.
For informal enquiries, please contact Salahudeen Shafi, Superintendent Pharmacist on 0161 419 4466.
Main duties of the job
You must possess excellent skills in accuracy and good attention to detail as you will be responsible for dispensing hospital prescriptions. You will need to provide cover on the pharmacy counter and this will require you to be flexible and adaptable.
You should possess good communication skills and be a committed team player. Hospital experience is not essential and applications from community pharmacy are welcome as training will be provided.
About us
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services for children and adults across Stockport and the High Peak, as well as community health services for Stockport, Tameside and Glossop. Stepping Hill Hospital treats over 500,000 patients per year and community health services are run across 24 sites in Stockport and 17 sites in Tameside and Glossop.
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you'll see in yourself.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focussed workforce.
We are constantly improving how we work with staff and this is reflected in the awards we have been awarded, which can be viewed on our website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The post holder will be an enthusiastic member of the Pharmacy Shop team, receiving and booking in orders. Processing invoices and controlling stock. To have a role in providing other professional services such as dispensing prescriptions and selling OTC medications in an appropriate and safe manner.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Making orders to wholesalers and suppliers
- Receiving these orders, booking in the stock and processing invoices
- Managing stock, the layout of stock, conducting stock rotation and monitoring expiry dates
- Liaise with various members of the pharmacy team when solving supply problems and ensure the best service to patients
- Receiving prescriptions into the Pharmacy Shop for hospital outpatients and patients discharged from assessment wards. Ensuring to ask the appropriate safety questions, and communicate these to the Responsible Pharmacist.
- Interprets and dispenses prescriptions for outpatients and patients discharged from hospital assessment wards.
- Concentrate whilst dispensing prescriptions/calculating doses and quantities for supply whilst dealing with occasional interruptions.
- When needed, to sell over the counter medications in an appropriate and safe manner
- When needed to file prescriptions on a daily basis, and at the end of the month
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
- If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £43.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The post holder will be an enthusiastic member of the Pharmacy Shop team, receiving and booking in orders. Processing invoices and controlling stock. To have a role in providing other professional services such as dispensing prescriptions and selling OTC medications in an appropriate and safe manner.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Making orders to wholesalers and suppliers
- Receiving these orders, booking in the stock and processing invoices
- Managing stock, the layout of stock, conducting stock rotation and monitoring expiry dates
- Liaise with various members of the pharmacy team when solving supply problems and ensure the best service to patients
- Receiving prescriptions into the Pharmacy Shop for hospital outpatients and patients discharged from assessment wards. Ensuring to ask the appropriate safety questions, and communicate these to the Responsible Pharmacist.
- Interprets and dispenses prescriptions for outpatients and patients discharged from hospital assessment wards.
- Concentrate whilst dispensing prescriptions/calculating doses and quantities for supply whilst dealing with occasional interruptions.
- When needed, to sell over the counter medications in an appropriate and safe manner
- When needed to file prescriptions on a daily basis, and at the end of the month
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
- If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £43.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person Specification
NVQ level 2 pharmacy services
Essential
reliability
Essential
- Can be relied upon to work alone and with a team
experience in NHS hospital environment
Essential
- worked in a hospital environment
Knowledge of procedures
Essential
- How the procedure for dispensing works
English, Maths and accuracy skills
Essential
- Has good accuracy skills, spelling and grammar is at an acceptable standard and good maths ability
Person Specification
NVQ level 2 pharmacy services
Essential
reliability
Essential
- Can be relied upon to work alone and with a team
experience in NHS hospital environment
Essential
- worked in a hospital environment
Knowledge of procedures
Essential
- How the procedure for dispensing works
English, Maths and accuracy skills
Essential
- Has good accuracy skills, spelling and grammar is at an acceptable standard and good maths ability
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
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).
