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    Pharmacy Advisor - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom - West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

    West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
    West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Aseptic Services
    Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 9 months Hours
    Full time
    Flexible working
    Aseptic services 07.00rs Monday to Friday, hours depending on shift pattern. Weekend work dispensary based 09.00hrs on a rotational basis, hours depending on shift pattern.)

    Job ref C-A Site West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Town Bury St Edmunds Salary £22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 03/05/2024 23:59
    An opportunity as arisen to cover a maternity leave post for a 9 month fixed term contract.

    This is a great opportunity to develop your pharmacy career and make a real difference to the lives of those who use our service.

    We are dedicated to delivering the best quality and safest care to local communities and need dedicated and skilled people to help us achieve this.

    The majority of your time will be spent within the aseptic unit preparing chemotherapy and monoclonal therapy for the Trusts cancer patients.

    Time will also be spent supporting the dispensary team and distribution team with the supply of medicine to wards and departments, inpatients and outpatients.

    This post will support your career and skills development. All aseptic training will be given in house if you have no previous experience.
    You will also be expected to use your dispensing skills to help in dispensary and ward distribution. This will allow you to use the skills you acquired as part of your NVQ level 2 qualifications.
    BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By our community

    We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk.

    We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

    The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward).

    It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

    Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

    Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

    We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

    To supervise the monitoring process within the unit, using settle plates and contact plates, and labelling these plates appropriately.

    To supervise and assist with cleaning the unit according to procedure, and to supervise and train other staff in these procedures.

    To supervise and assist with the dedicated garment collection for Microclean .
    To be responsible for placing orders using NHS Supply Chain and Integra computer programmes.

    To assist the Principal Pharmacy Technician – Aseptic Services and Senior Pharmacy Technician – Aseptic Services in the co-ordination of the activities of other assistant and student technicians within the aseptic unit.

    To ensure the correct handling of cytotoxic/monoclonal medication, and disposal of waste and management of drug spills in accordance with COSHH and Trust guidelines.

    Dispensary

    Receptionist duties, including dealing with internal and external customers, receiving cash and debit/credit cards for payment and operating the dispensary till.

    Maintenance of stock rotation, expiry date checking, and appropriate storage of medicines in the dispensary environment.
    To issue ward stock items from a picking list, under appropriate supervision and in accordance with written guidelines.
    Participate in the ward top-up service, under appropriate supervision.

    Receptionist duties, when necessary, including dealing with internal and external customers, receiving cash and debit/credit cards for payment and operating the dispensary till.

    To ensure that statutory requirements are met at all times and to implement Trust policy as directed by the Chief Pharmacist.

    Undertake Trust mandatory training and in-house competencies to ensure continued compliance.
    To act as an ambassador for the pharmaceutical service at West Suffolk Hospital.
    Assist in the training of pharmacy staff, and other hospital staff, as required.
    To attend relevant training courses and meeting, where appropriate.
    NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
    Familiar with standard IT software
    Experience of working in a pharmacy environment
    Experience of working in an aseptic compounding unit
    Flexible approach to working hours and duties
    Evidence of self-motivated professional development

    This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

    Name Shaun Chaplin Job title Specialist Pharmacy Technician Aseptic Services Email address Telephone number
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