Pharmacy Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We currently have a vacancies for full-time Pharmacy Assistant to work in the pharmacy department at University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Woolwich, within Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

You will be joining a friendly, forward thinking pharmacy team and will work in the dispensary, stock distribution and technical services providing a valuable service to our patients

The role includes:

Labelling and dispensing prescriptions
Issuing stock drugs to wards and clinics
Assisting in the supply of chemotherapy
Ward visits to topup stock drugs

Please ensure that you use your supporting statement to demonstrate how your skills and experience match the person specification.

Our people are our greatest asset.

When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients.

Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement.

We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Pharmacy Stores

To accept and sign receipt for deliveries of pharmaceutical products from suppliers, checking that delivery is for pharmacy department.

1.

To unpack goods received and:

Check items and quantities received match delivery notes
Check are in good condition
Check have adequate shelf life
Check prices match those on delivery note
Sign delivery note to accept goods into the pharmacy.
To accurately use the computer system to receive goods into the pharmacy store.
To answer initial enquiries and when authorised, contact suppliers to resolve delivery queries (on the telephone and in person).
To distribute cardiac boxes to wards and departments and when necessary return any out of date boxes to the pharmacy and complete appropriate documentation.
To accurately put received goods into their correct location within the pharmacy, ensuring stock rotation.
To accurately use the computer system to issue stock items list to replenish stocks on wards, departments and community clinics. This includes creating picking tickets and delivery notes for the required items.
To accurately select items on picking tickets ready for checking.
To accurately check items previously picked by another staff member and pack appropriately ready for delivery to required areas.
To accurately check picking tickets created by other staff members to ensure correct issues.
To accurately check community clinic orders, record details and complete time sheets for courier
To be responsible for processing the return of excess ward stock into the pharmacy stores, checking remaining appropriate shelf life and confirming quantities.
To accurately record batch numbers and expiry dates of all vaccines issued to wards/ departments and community clinics.

Dispensary

To accurately dispense prescriptions for both in and out patients

Prescription types will include:
outpatients; inpatients; discharges; controlled drugs and clinical trials. This will involve inputting of patients details into the Pharmacy computer system and subsequently produce dispensing labels. The label, prescription and product are collected together and assembled. Any additional items such as spoons, bags etc are also added. The prepared items are checked for accuracy and passed to the pharmacist/accredited technician for final checking.

To take in prescriptions from outpatients and verify their details; taking a current drug history from the patient or carer or parent to identify any drug allergies, drug interactions or problems with the medication prescribed.
To assist with the collection of prescription charges. To take in cash, cheques and card payments from outpatients and to use the pharmacy till according to procedure.
To replenish stocks of medicines in the dispensary. This requires the generation of an order on the computer system, accurate collection of the items from the store and shelf placement, ensuring stock rotation.
To perform the daily random stock check. This involves checking stock levels in dispensary against a random list produced by the computer system and also checking expiry dates.
To ensure adequate stocks of containers, bags and sundry items for dispensing.
To pre-pack items for wards and departments following the process as outlined in point one.
To assist with the top-up of drugs to th