Senior Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer - Dispensary

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Patient Services (Dispensary)

• To work in the dispensary and use the pharmacy dispensing system to dispense medicines for inpatient, discharge and outpatient prescriptions ensuring the work is carried out accurately, safely
  and efficiently following current departmental procedures.
• To facilitate the 'fast track' dispensing of medicines as needed for patients.
• To accurately supply and dispense Controlled Drugs (CDs) on request from clinical areas and discharge/ outpatient prescriptions in accordance with departmental procedures and legal
  requirements for record keeping, storage, and transportation of CDs.
• To accurately dispensing private, compassionate and unlicensed use prescriptions in accordance with departmental procedures and legal requirements for record keeping.
• To conduct reception duties when required where needed throughout the working day.

Supervision

• To supervise assistants in the team through the organisation and prioritisation of workload.
• To oversee the safe receipt, handling and storage of medicines in the dispensary.
• To oversee and be responsible for undertaking dispensary housekeeping activities to facilitate the smooth running of patient services. This includes but is not limited to co-ordinating expiry date checking and stock rotation on shelves, undertaking weekday filing & stock cycle counts and weekly dispensary consumables top-ups.
• To oversee the working areas and surfaces, ensuring that they are kept clean and tidy at all times.

Financial and Resource Management

• To comply with departmental procedures relating to efficient stock control in the issue, return and recycling or safe disposal (as appropriate) of drugs from wards, departments & clinics.
• To facilitate good stock rotation in the dispensary, checking for expiry dates and reporting any short dated stock to facilitate use of item avoiding waste

Education and Training

• To undertake all relevant personal training to support this role, completing all in-house training to demonstrate competency in each area.
• To support the training and supervision of new staff as part of the departmental induction programme.
• To support the training of assistants and undergraduate students as needed.
• To be compliant with all Trust statutory and mandatory training requirements including completion within required timeframes and keeping own records up to date.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 2 certificate in pharmacy skills (QCF), BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences qualification or equivalent or currently undertaking course
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent, grade C or above

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of dispensing and supply processes
• Knowledge of stock control systems

Desirable criteria

• Working knowledge of EPIC dispensing system
• Knowledge of drugs, side effects and where to find information

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria

• Be able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients
• Be able to deal with routine dispensary enquiries
• Be able to plan & prioritise the day-to-day activities of self and others
• To have basic keyboard and computer skills (word processing, spreadsheet, report generation and presentations)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 288.4KB)
• Personal Specification (PDF, 128.4KB)
• Denmark Hill Site Map (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Visa and Sponsorship Information (PDF, 352.6KB)