Pharmacy Services Assistant
2 weeks ago
Are you a loyal person looking for a long-term career in the NHS? If you are this could be the job you are looking for.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, responsible individual to join the pharmacy team and be an integral part of our 7 day service.
We are a busy department covering a diverse range of activities and functions including: dispensary, logistics, quality control, manufacture and preparation of medicines and products including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition, clinical trials, ward based/clinical activities, medicines information and community services.
You will work with our Logistics and Dispensary teams providing pharmacy services including: dispensing and reception in the Dispensary, Distribution and Stores, portering (transportation of stock medicines and fluids to the wards and clinics), procurement and administration, dependent on service needs. You will also support our ward based team by providing a stock top-up service on designated ward/s and work in our Chemotherapy Preparation unit, as defined by Management.
On the job training will be given and departmental competencies will also be undertaken.
Numeracy and Literacy testing will be part of the interview process.
If you have good communication and listening skills, work well alone and within a team and thrive in a busy environment please call Sally Rogers, Technician Services Manager on 01473 704432 for more information.
Attend to patients/customers/representatives/carers/hospital staff and other hospital visitors at the reception hatches.
Deal with basic telephone enquiries, referring to other Pharmacy staff where appropriate.
Hand out medication and documentation to other health care professionals as appropriate.
Record and update the work based computer tracking system for discharge and inpatients.
Collect prescription charges and check exemptions
Accurately dispense medicines for in-patients and out-patients including controlled drugs, unlicensed medicines, cytotoxic medicines and Monitored Dosage System (MDS), booking out stock and generating labels using the pharmacy computer system
Working in Pharmacy stores and distribution supporting good stock management
To support with the preparation of chemotherapy in the aseptic unit
Transportation of stock including bulky IV fluids to and from Pharmacy, Wards, Clinics.
Using good manual handling techniques
One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
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