Job summary: Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and committed pharmacy assistant technical officer? If so we would like you to join our mental health pharmacy team. You will need to have the skills to be able to work within the wider multi-disciplinary team of nurses and doctors and other allied healthcare professionals and managers. You will want to develop and improve the reliability and quality of our clinical pharmacy service. You will need to have specific experience working with pharmacy teams and patients within the mental health setting. You will want to reach targets set by the Trust and by the pharmacy service. You must be self- motivated and able to motivate others.
Our dynamic and creative ELFT pharmacy team provides pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Luton and Bedforshire, City and Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. This includes children and young people to adults of working age, older adults, and forensic patients. We provide a broad range of clinical pharmacy services to our inpatient wards and community mental health services.
You will also provide support to the medicines management technicians and pharmacists, provide operational support where required, provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective service to mental health patients in our directorate.
Main duties of the job
* To assist with the provision of a high quality pharmacy service to patients of the Trust
* To undertake general dispensary and distribution activities including ward based top ups
* To assist the technical and professional staff in the day-to-day running of the Department
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to peoples lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
* Pharmacy Service Assistant Apprenticeship or equivalent pharmacy services modules at Level 2, to include assembly, supply, handling stock, law and ethics
* GCSE passes at C or above in English and Maths or equivalent
Knowledge and Skills
* Intermediate computer skills
* Good written and oral communication skills
* Ability to work carefully with attention to detail
* Ability to work unsupervised in an organised manner
* Ability to plan work & meet targets Demonstrates an interest in Pharmacy
* Demonstrates an understanding of good time management skills
* Understands the need for written policies and procedures
* Has an understanding of the need for patient confidentiality
Experience
* Previous employment in pharmacy
Desirable
* Work experience in a hospital pharmacy
* Experience of directing & instructing staff
* Experience of dealing with the public
* Experience of problem solving
* Experience of ordering and invoicing
East London NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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