Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Ophthalmology

Job summary

Following on from a commitment to investment in the pharmacy team at Kingston Hospital, we have an excellent opportunity to join our friendly and well-respected team as a Senior Pharmacy Assistant (Band 3). This is a brand-new post in the trust and will be responsible for delivering an effective pharmacy stock management service to all ophthalmology patients in the trust, alongside the specialist ophthalmology pharmacist.

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was commended for becoming the first acute NHS trust in London to receive an 'Outstanding' rating by the CQC for being well-led and has consistently been one of the best performing NHS trusts in London for achieving targets.

Main duties of the job

To work with the pharmacy and 'Royal Eye Unit' ophthalmology teams to support the supply of medicines to patients. To be involved in delivering an effective pharmacy stock management service to all ophthalmology patients in the trust.

Duties will include: stock management in pharmacy stores and in REU clinics/ departments, booking out and maintaining records of high-cost drugs, management of supplies of TTA packs, patients counselling and training and supporting junior/new staff.

About us

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this, our 5 values are that we are all:

Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wantsSafe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation

Value each other - we all value each other's contribution

Inspiring -we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'