Dispensing Ato

**Working hours**: 37.5 hours per week

Are you an experienced Dispenser seeking new challenges in Hospital Pharmacy or a Pharmacy Assistant who has completed NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent?

We are seeking a flexible, conscientious, reliable and motivated individual with a positive attitude to join our pharmacy team.

Based in the Dispensary at The Countess of Chester Hospital you will work in the delivery of an efficient pharmacy service to all service users. You must be able work under pressure and communicate effectively with patients, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.

Duties will include reception cover, ordering and receipt of pharmaceutical orders, pre-packing and over-labelling of medication, replenishing and overseeing the supply of cardiac arrest boxes, storage and disposal of patients own medication, ward returns and participation in the dispensing rota. You will also have the opportunity of developing a pilot on the wards in A&E.

The successful post holder will be a valued member of the Pharmacy Team, it is therefore essential that you have excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to work independently as well as part of a team. Experience in dispensing is essential; although experience in a hospital pharmacy environment would be an advantage, is not essential.

Inclusion in weekend working & Bank Holiday rota paid as extra

To perform technical duties of dispensing, issuing, distribution, and stock-control maintenance of pharmaceutical preparations and undertake related administrative duties maintaining accurate records complying with legal requirements and Trust policies.

To be responsible for replenishment of emergency boxes, the issuing and distribution for Wards and Departments across the Trust.

To receive, unpack and check all orders received into the dispensary from pharmacy stores and wholesalers ensure they are stored correctly following the principles of Good Distribution Practice.

To participate in the Pharmacy stock-control programme investigating discrepancies, maintaining and rotating stock and ensuring waste is kept to a minimum.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.