Higher Level Pharmacy Assistant

3 months ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for two enthusiastic, experienced higher level pharmacy assistants to join the homecare team based at Aintree Hospital.

The homecare team manages prescriptions for specialist medicines from 25 different teams from all three sites at Liverpool University Hospital. We can offer full training in this specialist area of pharmacy. We are looking for a pharmacy assistant who wants a higher level job and the chance to work in this area.

We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals who want to develop existing skills. You must be organised, flexible, have excellent communication skills.

Based at Aintree hospital the homecare team manage prescriptions for specialist medicines from clinical teams based at all sites at LUHFT and the Walton Centre.

The homecare team process invoices received from homecare providers ensuring that accurate records are kept and payments are made through the hospital finance team to the homecare providers.

The homecare team answer queries received from patients, clinical teams and homecare providers helping to ensure that medicines supplied by homecare delivery are safe, effective and that the patient is supplied with them as requested by their specialist.

For more information regarding the expected daily duties please call the office to discuss this.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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See Job Description attached for further information.

1) To maintain the dispensing robot, JAC computer system, perform backups, fault diagnostics and monitor performance.

2) Liaise with Specialist Pharmacists and finance regarding the development and production of statistical and financial drug transactions

3) To liaise with JAC/Rowa personnel, IT staff, pharmacy staff and other stake holders under the direction of the computer systems manager in relation to maintaining the functionality of the dispensary Robot and computer system.

4) To identify, organise and provide individual training for new and
existing pharmacy staff on existing and new software/technologies (e.g. JAC, Pharmacy Robot) and encourage pharmacy staff to develop their knowledge base in IT.

5) To deputise for the Pharmacy Computer Systems Manager in their absence.

6) To carry out dispensing of prescriptions, including extemporaneous prescriptions, unlicensed drugs, in-patient and out-patient prescriptions in accordance with the agreed safe systems of work practice.

7) To assist in routine duties in the dispensary including maintenance of stock levels, checking expiry dates and ensuring a tidy work environment.

8) To participate in ensuring the efficient running of the dispensary, including sending and receiving prescriptions via the air - tube and using the prescription tracker software system.

9) To undertake basic patient counselling in the out-patient area of the pharmacy in accordance with pharmacy procedures and under the supervision of a pharmacist or technician.

10) To provide a ‘top-up’ service for stock items held on wards and departments, including checking stock levels and placing newly ordered items into stock.

11) To process orders using the Pharmacy JAC computer system.

12) To input data into the pharmacy computer system as necessary and to produce information such as computerised picking lists.

13) To produce and transmit orders using computerised systems.

14) To assist in the receipt, storage and issue of pharmaceutical products including the maintenance of manual and computerised records.

15) To undertake, under appropriate supervision, routine procedures connected with the preparation and packing of pharmaceutical products, including aseptic techniques.

16) To observe the recommendations contained in the Guide to Good Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practice and its supplements and to assist in ensuring that work carried out in the department is in accordance with these and any other recommendations which may be issued from time to time by the Department of Health or Medicines Inspectorate.

17) To observe the regulations in respect of the Health and Safety at Work
Act and Data Protection Act.

18) To assist in m

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