Successful applicants must have current experience in a pharmacy setting and hold an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or an equivalent recognized qualification. Key responsibilities include accurate dispensing, maintaining safe working practices, handling prescription payments, providing information to patients about their medications, and participating in stock control. Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, teamwork, and the ability to refer to senior staff are essential for this challenging yet rewarding role.
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Dispensing Assistants to join our existing Dispensary Team. Dispensing Assistants are key members of the team and your duties will include routine labelling and dispensing of prescriptions for both inpatients and outpatients, dispensing ofControlled drugs, and the involvement in the effective management of returned medicines from within the Trust. You will also take part in a rotation to work with our ward-based Pharmacy Technicians to providedispensing services at ward level.
You will need to take part in our weekend and evening rotas providing a 7 day a week service to the Trust
This is a challenging and rewarding job and you will need the following skills:A professional approach,Excellent communication skillsYou should work well in a team and be proactive in your own job role,Attention to detail, and working accurately and to a high standard,Knowing when to refer to an experienced or senior member of staff.Current experience of working within a pharmacy is essential and candidates must have completed an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services, or a GPhC recognised equivalent.
A good standard of education (to GCSE level) would be advantageous.
To perform routine dispensing duties and maintain safe systems of working.
To maintain safe systems of working
To co-operate will all Pharmacy staff in the provision and development of an efficient and effective pharmaceutical service for the patients of Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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- To assist in the receipt of prescriptions accurately according to safe working practices.
- To dispense prescriptions accurately according to safe working practices.
- To participate in the ATO dispenser rota through areas of the inpatient and outpatients dispensaries throughout the Trust.
- To dispense controlled drug prescriptions and maintain records accordingly.
- To take payment for prescriptions from patients according to the departmental procedure.
- To maintain an accurate balance of cash in the dispensary till and cash up at the end of each day.
- To participate in ward and clinic pharmacy services primarily to maintain and control stocks.
- To request stocks and special line items to fulfil prescriptions and ward top ups
- To assist in the preparation and assembly of supplies for delivery to wards and departments.
- To provide information to patients relating to the dispensed prescriptions and ensure they understand their treatment.
- 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.
To co-operate with the provision of necessary staffing within the pharmacy dept and
- participate in staff rotation to other sites e.g. St Helens.
- To extemporaneously dispense medicines using specific equipment (e.g. fume cupboards and weighing balances) and taking protective measures. Weighing and measuring must be accurate as there are narrow margins for errors.
- To dispense cytotoxics drugs.
- To assist other members of staff in the performance of an efficient and cost-effective service.
- To answer phone calls and queries from patients, medical staff and all other users of the Trust.
- To accurately produce labels for dispensing using the JAC computer system.
- To attend and participate in study days and courses as necessary.
- To provide individual dose dispensing and blister packing services for patients who have difficulty with normal medicines packaging.
- To participate in the stock control of medicines under the supervision of the dispensary senior and chief technicians.
- To assist in the correct storage and turnover of stock including expiry date checks and leech storage.
- To participate in all Saturday, Sunday, evening, on-call and bank holiday rotas in response to the changing needs of the Pharmacy service.
- To be responsible for the accurate input of data into the pharmacy JAC computer system for all duties requiring its use e.g. labelling, ordering and stock control
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