Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Dispensary Services
Assist the pharmacy technicians and pharmacists in the provision of the broad range of pharmacy technical services across the Trust, working on their own initiative, referring to their supervisor—a pharmacy technician or pharmacist—when necessary.
Support the work in the provision of an extended service.
Assistant Technical Officers are expected to expand and broaden their skills and abilities. They must operate at all times under the direct supervision of a qualified Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist.
Provides pharmacy service including dispensing medicines to patients.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic Dispensing Assistants to work within the pharmacy department at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.
The main duties are to carry out the labelling & dispensing of medicines under the supervision of a pharmacy technician or pharmacist to patients.
All applicants must have good communication and organisational skills.
They must be flexible and able to work well under pressure.
The post holder must hold a level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services Skills or equivalent and the relevant underpinning knowledge.
Four GCSEs, including Maths, English and a Science subject are essential.
Experience in hospital pharmacy is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided for the successful candidates.
Job responsibilities
To carry out routine supply of medicines under supervision of a qualified member of staff with the appropriate support for the assistant’s level of training and experience including:
Controlled Drug dispensing
Recycling and returning medicines no longer needed.
To receive prescriptions, labelling and dispensing routine items for inpatients and outpatients, seeking advice from senior staff where appropriate.
To dispense and self‑check medications both manually and with the use of a computerized automated dispensing system. This requires use of a bar code technology and scanners.
To dispense non‑routine medicines e.g. complex prescriptions under the direct supervision of a pharmacy technician or pharmacist.
To operate at all times within the local standard operating procedures relevant to the area of work.
To work at reception in the provision of hatch and associated duties receiving work from wards and departments through the pharmacy reception entering details onto the pharmacy tracker system.
To carry out filing, photocopying and scanning of paperwork within the department when required.
To fill up bottles, bags and sundry items ensuring availability of items at all times.
To answer the telephone handling routine enquiries and referring all non‑routine to the specified personnel to ensure accurate communication channels are maintained within the hospital.
To store stock in the correct shelf locations ensuring appropriate stock rotation measures are in place.
To check expiry dates and undertake stock rotation of stock held within individual areas of responsibility.
To recycle, return and destroy any unwanted medicines from wards and departments following standard operating procedure and under the supervision of a technician.
To dispense and record appropriate details according to written protocols for unlicensed and named patient medicines within pharmacy.
To dispense controlled drugs to be held as stock on wards and for the completion of EDS medicines completing the necessary legal documentation.
To be able to participate in any education and training programmes.
To assist in ensuring that a high quality Pharmacy service is maintained.
All applicants must have good communication and organisational skills.
They must be flexible and able to work under pressure.
The post holder must hold a NVQ in Pharmacy Service Skills and the relevant underpinning knowledge or equivalent.
Four GCSEs, including Maths, English and a Science subject are essential.
Experience in hospital pharmacy is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided for the successful candidates.
Person Specification
NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
* Achieved with a pass
* Good understanding of Excel programmes and ability to use a calculator
Four GCSE's including Maths, English and a Science Subject
* Achieved grades with a pass show evidence‑certificates
* Able to work with computers
* Up to date knowledge and understanding of Safe Systems of working in Pharmacy
Able to meet deadlines
* Application form
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.
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