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Job overview

Working within the dispensary team and with the clinical pharmacy team supporting the initial and ongoing training and development of staff involved with the supply of medication to inpatients on the wards, and to support patient flow through timely processing of discharge medication.

Duties will include but are not limited to: audits, final accuracy checking of medication, dispensing, training and supporting pharmacy staff, quality improvement projects and meeting KPIs.

To be involved in developing and delivering dispensary pharmacy services and training. To be involved in the production and review of new and outstanding Standard Operating Procedures relating to and which include our dispensaries.

Main duties of the job

Provide staff with initial training, support maintenance of skills acquired, be a liaison for colleagues organising training for themselves or on behalf of others.

Coordinate, prioritise and facilitating training of varying size (i.e. departmental/1:1/groups)

Support staff through training to be able to work independently without direct supervision, ensuring clear communication, location, and collating data on role.

To maintain a staff skills matrix for core dispensary staff and dispensary-related competencies.

Promptly assess NVQ L3, L2 or act as Educational Supervisor.

To maintain professional registration and uphold professional standards and lead by example in behaviours and actions.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.