Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant

2 months ago


Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you a Pharmacy Undergraduate looking for an opportunity to gain experience within a Hospital Pharmacy setting?

Are you an organised individual with customer experience who has an interest in Pharmacy?

Are you a trained community dispenser looking for the next steps in your career?

The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Bank Pharmacy Assistant in dispensing or Reception/Clerical support.

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.

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.

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. ‍ ️ ️‍ ️

**Dispensing duties**:
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

Dispensing directly on a ward to supply chemotherapy medicines to patients

Medicines supply and top-up service

**Reception duties**:
To greet visitors to the department at the hatch and ask how you can help, if applicable direct visitors to the office so they can sign visitors book and collect ID badge

Direct queries from visitors to the correct person

Answer telephone and take messages as required

Keep the work area tidy and use detergent wipes to clean when needed

Log onto the pharmacy tracker and book discharge prescriptions on and off the system

️ Take EPMA work off the printer and either log it onto the tracker or place it in the dispensary tray

Check regularly printer has enough paper

Hand out medication to trust staff, checking ID

To maintain confidentiality of patient information at all times

Other duties as requested by the Dispensary Team Leader/Senior Assistant.

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.

**Duties include, but are not limited to**:
Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust

Dispensing medications

Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking and use of the Pharmacy IT System

Provides an effective reception service, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries.

Maintains stock of dispensing sundries and carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards.

Supports the training and development of pharmacy team

Applications will be considered for those interested in working part-time hours.

We can offer the successful applicant a variety of shifts ranging from 8am - 19:30 Monday to Friday, and weekend shifts 9am - 5pm cross site at Preston & Chorley Hospitals.

We are open to flexible work pattern for our Bank staff who may have other commitments during the working week.



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