Pharmacy Assistant | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Stores duties will include working as part of the distribution team in Pharmacy stores and processing and assembling ward stock requests. Dispensary duties will include greeting patients, receiving inpatient and outpatient prescriptions at our front desk, maintaining stocks of emergency boxes, processing returned medicines and other general housekeeping duties.
Key Responsibilities

To participate in the ATO rota through areas of the store's dispensaries and wards.
To assist in the receipt of prescriptions.
To participate in pharmacy services to wards and clinics primarily to maintain and control medicines.
To assist in booking in and auditing prescriptions, using the latest software.
To prepare and assemble supplies of medicines for delivery to wards and departments.
To assist in the receipt, storage and issue of stock including the maintenance of manual and computerized records.
To assist in the provision of a ward topping up service, supplying stock medication to wards on a weekly basis.
To co-operate with the provision of necessary staffing within the pharmaceutical service and participate in staff rotation to other sites e.g. St Helens.
To assist in the preparation and assembly of resuscitation and anaphylaxis boxes.
To participate in stock control of medicines within the pharmacy department under the supervision of the dispensary manager or senior technician.
Regularly handle or process cash or cheques when dealing with outpatients' prescriptions.
To comply with the legal and other requirements related to the purchase, supply, use, safe custody and destruction of drugs both within the Pharmacy and in all other areas of the Trust.
To comply with and ensure that all other pharmacy staff under his/her control comply with the Health and Safety at work act, COSHH Regulations, Display Screen Equipment Regulations, Data Protection Act and other appropriate legislation during daily activities.
To participate in the Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday rotas.
To participate in evening and on-call rotas in response to the changing needs of the service.
To assist with basic counselling of outpatients in accordance with pharmacy procedures and under the supervision of a pharmacist or Pharmacy technician.
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 when necessary.
To liaise with various members of the Pharmacy team and ward staff when solving supply problems and ensuring the best service to patients.
To ensure safety of drugs awaiting collection by nursing staff and other responsible persons.
To participate in individual performance review and continuing education programmes in order to maintain and improve standards of service.
To maintain continuing professional development.
To be responsible for the accurate input of data into the Pharmacy JAC computer system for all duties requiring its use e.g. Ordering and stock control.
To assist in the completion and filing of departmental documents.
To record any information and assist in the compilation of any data necessary.
Teaching & Training Responsibilities

To act as a role model and assist in the training and induction of other members of the technical staff.
To undertake and achieve the NVQ level 2 - Pharmacy service skills qualification in accordance with GPhC guidance.
We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible and well-motivated individuals to join our existing Pharmacy team. This post would be suitable for someone who is looking to start their career in Hospital Pharmacy. The successful candidates will rotate between Pharmacy stores and Whiston and St Helens Hospital dispensaries, and participate in our evening, weekend and bank holiday rotas. Attention to detail is essential, as is an ability to work accurately in a fast-paced environment with other members of the Pharmacy team. Good communication skills and a willingness to learn is important. Candidates ideally should possess NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Service skills or a GPhC recognised equivalent qualification. However, training can be provided. A good standard of education (to GCSE level) would be advantageous.
About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.
About Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Achievements

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

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