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Job summary

Main area
pharmacy
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
236-DPG-CS434-24
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Fairfield General Hospital
Town
Bury
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Pharmacy Assistant Technical officer – Homecare Services

Band 3

Job overview

To be responsible for the efficient processing of purchase orders and invoicing for homecare pharmaceutical products within the pharmacy stock control system, as part of assisting the senior homecare technician with the receipting of homecare pharmaceutical products.

To support the Senior Pharmacy Technician-Homecare & High-Cost Drugs, Lead High-Cost Drugs, and Homecare Pharmacist in the coordination of homecare medicine services within Bury, Rochdale, and Oldham, the Northern Care Alliance NHS trust.

Main duties of the job

To be a point of contact to assist the Homecare technicians within the Trust regarding Medicines home delivery service for Home Care Companies, Pharmacists, Clinicians, Purchasers, Contracting and Finance.

To assists with the co-ordination of the pharmacy homecare medicines service and prioritising the workload set by the co-ordinator to ensure problems arising are resolved. 

To assists the homecare manager, pharmacists, and technicians in ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and current homecare medicines management guidance. 

To participate in Dispensary working rota.

The post holder will be required to follow policies and procedures and communicate effectively as appropriate.

To attend departmental meetings with staff members from the multi-disciplinary team.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties and responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

In line with the Trust's Single Equality Scheme, we welcome applications from everyone, irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership.

Person specification

Shortlisting Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Maths and English GCSE or equivalent (A-D grades)
  • Microsoft Office experience. Minimum standard Intermediate Excel and Word – preferably Advanced level
  • Organisational and time management skills
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services
  • Hospital Pharmacy Experience
  • Experience of Pharmacy software (preferably Ascribe/Emis)

Shortlisting criteria

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal & written communication, including by telephone.
  • Ability to work on initiative and as part of a team.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Faiza Khan
Job title
Senior pharmacy technician-Homecare & High cost
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 778 2369
Additional information

Available for calls or informal visits from Tuesday to Friday.

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