Pharmacy Support Specialist

4 weeks ago

Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Dispensing Assistant to join our Pharmacy team at Colchester Hospital. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing dispensing support to qualified staff, working within most areas of the ESNEFT Pharmaceutical Service.

Key Responsibilities

  • To dispense for in-patients and out-patients by calculating appropriate dosage and quantities required against prescriptions/requisitions, following departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • To ensure that all customers receive the appropriate medicine in the correct form and in a timely manner.
  • To ensure that all medicines are labelled and packaged appropriately, and all relevant patient information and compliance aids/sundries are supplied.
  • To dispense controlled drugs for ward stock and named patients, following all relevant Pharmacy procedures and legal requirements.
  • To perform a self-check on all dispensed items to ensure accuracy and quality prior to placing the item in the designated area for final checking.
  • To receive in prescriptions from a wide range of outpatient clients and use listening and questioning skills to obtain appropriate information to enable effective service provision.
  • To operate the cash till and debit/credit card machine to take payment for prescriptions.
  • To ensure that the declaration of payment/exemption on outpatient prescriptions has been correctly filled in and clearly endorsed with grounds for exemption if a fee is not paid.
  • To sell over the counter products under the supervision of a pharmacist.

About Us

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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