Senior Pharmacy Assistant, Band 3 - Cheltenham, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Cheltenham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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We currently have a full-time position (37.5 hours per week) for an enthusiastic, conscientious and hardworking person to join our busy pharmacy department, working in the main dispensary and the satellite cancer services pharmacy.

This is a full time post but part-time applicants will be considered.

Duties will include dispensing medication for inpatients, outpatients and patients that are going home.

Ward visits as part of our topping-up service and assisting in reception duties on the phone or at the reception hatch.


Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK.

We offer a generous annual leave allowance, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.

Both hospitals are located in the city centres with access to shops and cafes.

The pharmacy department has approximately 240 staff.

The 2 sites provide dispensary services to inpatients & outpatients, medicines information, procurement services and full clinical service to wards; the onsite aseptic and manufacturing services are centralised at CGH.


Pharmacy is at the forefront of many exciting projects including an award-winning service provided by pharmacist prescribers in orthopaedic pre-admission clinic.


Within the department are specialist clinical teams; the Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy facilitates delivery of Specialist services for Mental Health & Learning Disabilities.

The cancer services team provide a pharmacy service at both sites for oncology & haematology and satellite pharmacy.

We are a friendly, inclusive department who wish to nurture and develop our staff at all grades, from a mentoring programme for band 6 pharmacists to the development of pharmacist prescribers

Dispensary

Dispensing for In-patients, out-patients and patients that are going home

Handing out completed outpatient prescriptions to patients or their representatives


Co-ordinating the supply of items that are owed to patients and need posting ensuring they are dispensed & posted in a timely fashion.

Checking order levels are adequate for supply and resolving any supply issues.

Dispensing controlled drugs according to standard operating procedures.


Keep a regard to stock on the dispensary shelves, top up & tidy as required with backup stock from the stores.

Expiry date check the medicines on the shelves regularly.

Ensure that any out of date items are removed to the Pharmacy Stock Controller.

Assist in reception duties as necessary.

This includes answering the telephone and dealing with routine enquiries regarding work in progress and communicating with the relevant member of staff for additional advice as required.

Transfer calls to appropriately qualified staff if necessary.


Provide a top up service to wards, keeping the assigned wards fully stocked with medicines, ensuring they are rotated and expiry dates are checked, as stated in the top up standards.


To ensure that the wards stock medicine supply needs are met and that the stock is used cost-effectively with minimum waste, liaising with Ward Sisters and Ward Pharmacists as required.

This will include sorting returned medicines for re-use, counting them and returning to stock via the computer system.


Assist in sorting returned & waste medicines:
To ensure the patient services section always has a readily available supply of sundry items e.g. bottles, bags to use, by topping up daily and checking status of orders as required.


Participation in top up service, keeping the assigned wards fully stocked with medicines, ensuring medicines are stock rotated and expiry dates checked, as stated in the top up standards.

Each ward is visited once a week.

General

Ensure the standard operating procedures are adhered to and Health and Safety procedures followed. There is a responsibility for stock control and security of medicines within daily duties.

Be responsible for managing self to organise own daily duties. Be willing to re-arrange duties and prioritise according to service need if required to cover for absence. Senior Pharmacy Assistant will sometimes co-ordinate cover for duties & oversee less experienced staff.

Shares advice & knowledge to train new assistants on the standard operating procedures within the working area.

Provide Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday cover as per rota.

Comply with the code of expectations & values that the trust expects
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