Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant - Prescot, United Kingdom - St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Prescot, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, proactive in their own role, can communicate well and work accurately and efficiently to a high standard.

You will be based within the main dispensary at Whiston Hospital with rotation to our out-patient centred pharmacy department at St Helens Hospital, where you will assist in the provision of a safe and effective dispensing service.

A good standard of education (to GCSE level) would be advantageous.

Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 12th June 2023

Duties will include routine labelling and dispensing of prescriptions for both inpatients and outpatients and Controlled drugs, the preparation of extemporaneous medicines, and involvement in the effective management of returned medicines from within the Trust.

You will also take part in a rotation to work with our ward-based Pharmacy Technicians to provide a ward based dispensing service.

You will need to take part in our weekend and evening rotas providing a 7 day a week service to the Trust.

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales, and Isle of Man.

We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our '5 Star Patient Care' strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

Our latest achievements include:

Acute Trust of the Year
HSJ Awards November 201
Trust rates Outstanding by CQC
Inspection August 201
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
Best acute Trust in the North West for quality of care (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
Best place to work in the North West (NHS Staff Survey 2021)

In the NHS Staff Survey 2021 the Trust scored the highest marks in the North West for the following areas.

Standard of care
Best place to work
Care of patients being the Trust's priority
Staff engagement
Staff morale
Compassionate and inclusive
Providing a safe environment for staff

Benefits of working for us

We provide many benefits for staff. Please see attached Staff Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information. Accessible version available upon request.

KEY DUTIES

To assist in the receipt of prescriptions accurately according to safe working practices.
To dispense prescriptions accurately according to safe working practices.
To participate in the ATO dispenser rota through areas of the inpatient and outpatients' dispensaries throughout the Trust.
To dispense controlled drug prescriptions and maintain records accordingly.
To take payment for prescriptions from patients according to the departmental procedure.
To maintain an accurate balance of cash in the dispensary till and cash up at the end of each day.
To participate in ward and clinic pharmacy services primarily to maintain and control stocks.
To request stocks and special line items to fulfil prescriptions and ward top ups
To assist in the preparation and assembly of supplies for delivery to wards and departments.
To provide information to patients relating to the dispensed prescriptions and ensure they understand their treatment.
To answer telephone and face to face queries of a routine or basic technical nature from a wide range of staff groups, patients, and the public, either in the pharmacy or on the ward and refer appropriate queries to the relevant member of the Pharmacy team.
To cooperate with the provision of necessary staffing within the pharmacy dept and participate in staff rotation to other sites e.g., St Helens.
To extemporaneously dispense medicines using specific equipment (e.g., fume cupboards and weighing balances) and taking protective measures. Weighing and measuring must be accurate as there are narrow margins for errors.
To dispense cytotoxic drugs.
To assist other members of staff in the performance of an efficient and costeffective service.
To answer phone calls and queries from patients, medical staff, and all other users of the Trust.
To accurately produce labels for dispensing using the JAC computer system.
To attend and participate in study days and courses as necessary.
To provide individual dose dispensing and blister packing services for patients who have difficulty with normal medicines packaging.
To participate in the stock control of medicines under the supervision of the dispensary senior and chief technicians.
To assist in the correct storage and turnover of stock including expiry date checks and leech storage.
To participate in all Saturday, Sunday, evening, oncall, and bank holiday rotas in response to the c