Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 289-CSS-1731
- Employer
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- Isleworth
- Salary
- £28,622 - £30,225 per annum incl. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Assistant (Dispensary)
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Senior Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant - Band 3
West Middlesex University Hospital
Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (West Middlesex Site)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Pharmacy Dispensary Assistant to join the Pharmacy Department Team at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust l (West Middlesex Site).
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Assistant who is willing to work within a supportive Pharmacy team keen to develop the pharmacy services. The post holder must possess excellent interpersonal, problem solving and time management skills and able to work with a wide range of professionals.
The successful candidate will be based in the Dispensary and will be required to work weekends and bank holidays.
Previous experience of working in a pharmacy hospital is essential.
Main duties of the job
- To manage stock control and be a super user for the Rowa
- Training rotational assistants and other grades of staffing
- Dispense medication in the Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
STOCK & INVENTORY
- Stock control management including putting stock away received from stores, rotating stock/checking expiries where relevant and performing stock control counts.
- Ensure dispensary areas are sufficiently stocked with all sundries (leaflets, cards, bottles, bags).
- Sort, count, compile and, where relevant, dispose of unsuitable medication returns.
- Carry out daily monitoring of fridge and dispensary temperatures.
- To release and order stock from Stores.
- To be a ROWA Super user and provide training where required.
- To monitor all “to follows” drugs
- General housekeeping of ROWA.
- Adjust stock/expired stock investigations.
For more information please see the attached job description.
Person specification
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION
Essential criteria
- English, Maths and Science GCSE Grand C or above or equivilant
- NVQ 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivilant (including Dispensing units) or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in hospital Pharmacy
- Customer Service
- Pharmacy labelling and strock control systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using JAC
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Accurately dispense to set standards
- Good time management skills
- Ability to support and train others
- Ability to motivate self and others and demonstrate enthuasism for the position
- Ability to communicate routine information effectively using clear written and spoken English
- Ability to clearly and accurately complete routine documentation
- Ability to use basis IT including Word, E-mail etc
- Demonstrate effective customer service skills
- Familiar with Pharmacy procedures and workflow
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Demonstrate enthuasism for the position
- Ability to work under pressure accurately and in a busy environment
- methodical with attention to detail
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Chelsea Fright
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician- Patient Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02083215593
- Additional information
Chelsea Fright - Lead Pharmacy technician- Patient services
Tel. 0208 321 5593
[email protected]
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