Bank Senior Pharmacy Assistant

7 days ago

Warwick, United Kingdom South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The friendly supportive team at this ‘Outstanding’ CQC-rated Foundation Trust, serving historic Warwick and rural Warwickshire, is recruiting Bank Senior Pharmacy Assistants to strengthen our strategy for service resilience.

This is an opportunity to join our committed team working in a variety of support roles across Dispensary, Distribution, and Stores. If you are interested in this post you will need previous experience of working in either a hospital or community pharmacy and have a minimum of NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy services or equivalent (including the Dispensing modules).

To assist in the smooth running of the assigned area of Pharmacy under direction and supervision of Senior Technicians. To dispense medicines against prescriptions or requests and prepare over-labelled packs for discharge. To monitor workflow in the distribution area, issuing stock medicines and providing a ward top up service to clinical areas. In the Aseptic Unit undertake tasks to assist in the smooth running of daily activities, and undertake planned Aseptic work under the supervision of the Senior and Lead Technicians. In Procurement, to support all aspects of ordering medicines for use within the Trust under the direction of the Lead Technician. To maintain stock using stock rotation and stock management procedures; and process medicines returned from clinical areas.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

**Key Result Areas**:
To gain NVQ Level 2 qualifications (if not already held).

Work is accurate and reliable.

Policies and procedures are adhered to.

Good working relationships are built with colleagues outside of Pharmacy.

There is a flexible and willing approach to work requests.

Job Summary

Dispensary & Distribution

To interpret and dispense in-patient, outpatient, Controlled Drug and discharge prescriptions/dispensing requests, according to department procedures.

To participate in stock supply to wards and departments and re-order as necessary.

To assist pharmacists and technicians in ward-based dispensing activities.

To assemble orders to fill ward requisition sheets and prescriptions.

To participate in the assessment for suitability for recycling, of drugs returned from inside the hospital.

To credit cost centres with the value of returned goods as appropriate, using the pharmacy computer system.

To participate in the ‘top-up’ service to wards & departments

To participate in the ‘top up’ of pharmacy sundries to the dispensaries.

To participate in expiry date checking.

To participate in daily rolling stock checks.

To participate in reception duties to include receipt and the administrative processing of work received into the dispensary.

To answer the dispensary telephones and deal with enquiries where appropriate, take messages or refer to a more appropriate member of staff.

To attend to the dispensary hatch as required, taking in prescriptions and dealing with patients, carers, visitors and members of staff.

To participate in Pharmacy and ward/dept. stocktaking and the maintenance of accurate stock levels.

To participate in the training and supervision of pharmacy assistants as required, and the training of student technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and vacation students.

To contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in specific areas of work.

To carry out photocopying and the maintenance of stocks of pharmacy patient information leaflets for the dispensary.

To provide cover for other Assistant duties if required.

To participate in appropriate storage of drugs on receipt.

To contribute to the safe disposal of waste within the department.

To maintain a safe standard of work in connection with the requirements of the Medicines Act, the Health and Safety at Work Act and the COSHH (Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations.

To participate in Late Duty, Weekend, & Bank Holiday rotas as required.

To adhere to and perpetuate Trust Policies and Procedures.

To undertake any other appropriate duties as required by

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