Senior Pharmacy Assistant

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 May 2025

Job summary

Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in community and are looking to gain experience in a hospital setting? Are you an enthusiastic individual looking for a career in management? Full training will be delivered to support you make the transition into the 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 Senior Pharmacy Assistant.

As an employer we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation 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.
Medicines supply
Dispensary based duties
Line management duties

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.

Date posted

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year Per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB2843

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital / Chorley & South Ribble Hospital

Preston / Chorley

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties include, but are not limited to:

To work under the direct supervision of the Dispensary Team Leader.

To supervise, provide guidance and direction to the Pharmacy Assistant and Pharmacy Technician Team within the designated area.

To be responsible for ensuring that a range of quality Pharmacy Services are delivered to patients and other service users to include dispensing, and distribution of medicines.

To plan and manage own workload and that of the team to ensure services are delivered in a cost effective and operationally efficient manner.

To be responsible for training and development including appraisal and competency assessments

To support training and development of other staff; maintaining quality and standards by contributing to the development and implementation of new services, processes and procedures to deliver services in line with Professional, Local and National directives.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties include, but are not limited to:

To work under the direct supervision of the Dispensary Team Leader.

To supervise, provide guidance and direction to the Pharmacy Assistant and Pharmacy Technician Team within the designated area.

To be responsible for ensuring that a range of quality Pharmacy Services are delivered to patients and other service users to include dispensing, and distribution of medicines.

To plan and manage own workload and that of the team to ensure services are delivered in a cost effective and operationally efficient manner.

To be responsible for training and development including appraisal and competency assessments

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

2 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (or equivalent) (Maths and English)
Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff (Qualification) or equivalent Or A General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) accredited support staff dispensing training course Or working towards either of the above

Desirable

Leadership/ Management Certificate
4 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (or equivalent) (Maths and English & science)

Knowledge

Essential

Experience of working in pharmacy
Understanding of current pharmacy and NHS issues.
Knowledge of IT and Computer systems
Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures.

Desirable

Experience of using Ascribe and ARX
Experience in Supervisory Management and Team Leadership

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

2 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (or equivalent) (Maths and English)
Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff (Qualification) or equivalent Or A General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) accredited support staff dispensing training course Or working towards either of the above

Desirable

Leadership/ Management Certificate
4 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (or equivalent) (Maths and English & science)

Knowledge

Essential

Experience of working in pharmacy
Understanding of current pharmacy and NHS issues.
Knowledge of IT and Computer systems
Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures.

Desirable

Experience of using Ascribe and ARX
Experience in Supervisory Management and Team Leadership

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.