Senior Pharmacy Assistant

4 weeks ago


Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Following on from a commitment to investment in the pharmacy team at Kingston Hospital, we have an excellent opportunity to join our friendly and well-respected team as a Senior Pharmacy Assistant (Band 3). This is a brand-new post in the trust and will be responsible for delivering an effective pharmacy stock management service to all ophthalmology patients in the trust, alongside the specialist ophthalmology pharmacist.

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was commended for becoming the first acute NHS trust in London to receive an 'Outstanding' rating by the CQC for being well-led and has consistently been one of the best performing NHS trusts in London for achieving targets.

Main duties of the job

To work with the pharmacy and 'Royal Eye Unit' ophthalmology teams to support the supply of medicines to patients. To be involved in delivering an effective pharmacy stock management service to all ophthalmology patients in the trust.

Duties will include: stock management in pharmacy stores and in REU clinics/ departments, booking out and maintaining records of high-cost drugs, management of supplies of TTA packs, patients counselling and training and supporting junior/new staff.

About us

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this, our 5 values are that we are all:

Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wants Safe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first) Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation

Value each other - we all value each other's contribution

Inspiring -we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'

Job description

Job responsibilities

To dispense clinically screened prescriptions including labelling, preparation, assembly and dispensing accurately in a timely manner.

To be responsible for managing the supply of high-cost ophthalmology drugs ( Eylea, Lucentis) and booking out in a timely manner to ensure trust income is maximised.

To maintain and develop the use of pre-packs medicines for patients in the REU to facilitate near patient dispensing.

To order and dispense cytotoxic injectable preparations like MMC and Fluorouracil for use on REU.

To assist with returns and destructions of medications from Wards.

*** Previous applicants need not to apply ***

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent qualification Maths & English GCSE grade A-C or equivalent qualifications

Experience and Skills

Essential

Customer service experience in the work place Pharmacy experience Previous dispensing experience Good communication skills on both a written and verbal basis

Desirable

Experience of using JAC

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