Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, hardworking, and patient-focused person with an interest in pharmacy? ?
Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in the community and are looking to gain experience in a hospital setting? ?
If you are keen to join a forward-thinking pharmacy department supporting patient care, we would love to hear from you. ?
The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Pharmacy Assistant - dispensing services. ?
As an employer, we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organization people are proud to work for. ?
**The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics, run fitness classes and organise mindfulness sessions**
Main duties of the job
We are one of the largest trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to people in Preston and Chorley and specialist care (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Burns and Plastics, Oncology and Renal Medicine) to 1.5m people across Lancashire and South Cumbria in addition we are proud to be the regional Major Trauma Centre providing life and limb saving treatment for patients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.
- Working with pharmacy teams to prepare and supply medicines products directly towards for patient use
- Stock control including ordering, receipting drug deliveries stock rotation, expiry checking and date checking
- Sorting medications, disposing of unwanted medicines and updating pharmacy computer.
- Dispensing directly on a ward to supply chemotherapy medicines to patients
- Medicines supply and top up service
About us
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust.
- Dispensing medications.
- Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking, and use of the Pharmacy IT System.
- Provides an effective reception service, receiving incoming work, and dealing with customer inquiries.
- Maintains stock of dispensing sundries and carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards.
- Supports the training and development of the pharmacy team.
Applications will be considered for those interested in working part-time hours.
The core hours of duty are a 7.5 hour shift from 8am - 19:30 Monday to Friday. Applicants will be expected to participate in weekend and Bank holiday on a rota basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust.
- Dispensing medications.
- Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking, and use of the Pharmacy IT System.
- Provides an effective reception service, receiving incoming work, and dealing with customer inquiries.
- Maintains stock of dispensing sundries and carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards.
- Supports the training and development of the pharmacy team.
Applications will be considered for those interested in working part-time hours.
The core hours of duty are a 7.5 hour shift from 8am - 19:30 Monday to Friday. Applicants will be expected to participate in weekend and Bank holiday on a rota basis.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- 4 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (or equivalent) must include Maths and English
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a team
- Knowledge of stock control systems
- Good telephone/ communication skills
- Computer experience including good keyboard skills
- Knowledge of Health & safety
Desirable
- Experience of working in pharmacy
- Experience of working in a customer facing role
- Experience of working in a busy environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- 4 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (or equivalent) must include Maths and English
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a team
- Knowledge of stock control systems
- Good telephone/ communication skills
- Computer experience including good keyboard skills
- Knowledge of Health & safety
Desirable
- Experience of working in pharmacy
- Experience of working in a customer facing role
- Experience of working in a busy environment.
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).
