Leeds Teaching Hospitals r54Paij9
Additionally, the role includes day-to-day supervision of Pharmacy Services Assistants, providing training to new staff, and engaging in audits and data monitoring related to homecare services. Effective communication with pharmacists, healthcare professionals, and homecare providers is crucial to maintaining high standards of service delivery and operational efficiency. Candidates should be enthusiastic, motivated, and ready to contribute to a growing area within hospital pharmacy.
Expected Shortlisting Date
16/12/2024
Planned Interview Date
06/01/2025
We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant who already hold an NVQ/QCF Level 2 Pharmacy Service Skills Certificate, and who have experience in either a hospital or community pharmacy setting, to join our forward thinking and generally all-round fantastic homecare team. These are excellent opportunities to start a career in hospital pharmacy and to play an important role in being part of a team working to deliver an exceptional homecare service.
This is an ever-growing area of pharmacy, LTH has over 14,000 patients registered on homecare services, receiving medicines delivered directly to their homes. We are constantly looking for improvement for smarter, leaner ways of working.
In this role, you will work with several homecare providers, and will collaborate with various multi-disciplinary teams, communicating effectively to ensure homecare services at LTH are provided to an exceptional standard.
Cross site working is essential for this role
The postholder will provide a variety of duties in this job role, the main duty will be processing homecare prescriptions for both adults and paediatric patients across multiple therapy areas. This will include liaising with pharmacists, technicians, other healthcare professionals and homecare providers on a daily basis.
You will work closely with the homecare invoicing team to help resolve invoice queries.
You will support the specialist technician and the homecare assistant practitioners with various aspects of homecare including training new staff, implementing new homecare services, homecare processes and standard operating procedures. You will also support with audits, data collection, and monitoring and maintaining pharmacy databases in relation to homecare services.
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Job Description Text
Perform a variety of pharmacy support duties, some of which may be patient facing. These include stock management, dispensing and/or preparation of medicines in a designated area of MMPS which may include dispensary, aseptic facilities, warehouse and dispensary support rooms at ward level. Day to day supervision of Pharmacy Services Assistants and Pharmacy Porters to ensure service delivery in relevant area of MMPS
There may also be distribution duties including the movement of goods and a requirement for general housekeeping duties.
Key homecare duties include:-
Processing homecare prescriptions
Liaising with pharmacists and technicians
Liaising with wider clinical teams, e.g. nurses
Liaising with homecare suppliers
Liaising with invoicing team
Liaising with patients
Monitor and maintain pharmacy databases in relation to homecare services
Supporting the assistant practitioners and specialist technician on the day-to-day provision of homecare
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