Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including late night, weekend and bank holiday working. Part time hours may be considered for the right applicant.)
- Job ref
- 370-CSS3PHA-359-A
- Employer
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warrington Hospital
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per year
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/09/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/09/2024
Employer heading
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Senior Pharmacy Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible, and well-motivated individual who wishes to further their pharmacy career within the NHS as a Senior Pharmacy Assistant.
The position is varied and will include receipt and correct storage of drugs, stock control, including stock rotation, stock checks and removal of expired stock. The supply of drugs including ward stock replenishment, inputting of orders onto computer systems and assembly of orders. Managing the supply of emergency drug boxes, receiving and processing telephone calls, delivery of stock to wards. Accurately dispensing prescriptions. Assisting with receipt of prescriptions from clients and patients. Assisting with the input of medicines received. Managing non receipt of medicines and action damaged medicines received from wholesalers and manufactures.
The successful candidate will have experience working as a pharmacy assistant within a healthcare setting, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills with a good standard of education. NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills and GCSE grade C in Mathematics (or equivalent) are essential.
Main duties of the job
The main duties will include - supervision and line management of Pharmacy Assistants including performing yearly appraisals. Accuracy checking assembled stock top ups which have been outputted from our automated pharmacy dispensing system or picked by pharmacy assistants prior to delivery. Receipt and correct storage of drugs, stock control, including stock rotation, stock checks and removal of expired stock according to Trust policy. Supply of drugs including ward stock replenishment, inputting of orders onto computer system and assembly of orders from location or pharmacy robot in accordance with documentation. Contributing to the management of a safe system for the supply of emergency drug boxes. Receiving and processing telephone calls. Delivery of stock to wards. Accurately dispensing prescriptions under the supervision of a Senior Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist. Assist in the reception area with receipt of prescriptions from clients and patients in accordance with department policies. Assist the procurement team with input of medicines received onto the pharmacy computer system, manage non receipt of medicines and action damaged medicines with wholesalers and manufactures. Maintain record keeping by appropriately filing procurement paperwork.
Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full details of the role, including main duties and responsibilities are available in the full Job Description and Person Specification which you can find on the right - hand side of the advert page
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 12 months experience working as a Pharmacy Assistant
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience line managing staff
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ian Jones
- Job title
- Senior Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01925 662913
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