Pharmacy Assistant (Progression Post)

Job overview

TEWV pharmacy team are recruiting a dispensing assistant to join our pharmacy at West Park Hospital, Darlington. This new post will allow the successful candidate to progress from a band 2 to a band 3 senior pharmacy assistant after completing the relevant criteria required.

The successful applicant will be an exceptional team player with good communication and interpersonal skills who are enthusiastic and committed to join our team.  Ideally applicants will have previous experience in working within a pharmacy as a dispensing assistant but this is not essential.  Applicants own transport is desirable but not essential.

This is an exciting time to join a supportive team with development opportunities in a growing NHS pharmacy team.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

• To work under pharmacy SOPs to provide medicines top up and stock management for wards, with supervision available from pharmacy technicians •    To dispense medication against prescriptions and requisitions, calculating appropriate doses and doses for both inpatient and outpatients following SOPs, ensuring prescriptions and requisitions are legal and safe. •    To receive medication supplies from wholesalers and electronically record this. •    To remove unwanted medication from the wards to determine what is suitable for return or destruction as per policies. •    To dispense controlled drugs for ward stock and named patients following all legal requirements. •    To dispense orders for emergency drugs. •    To maintain cost effective holding on the wards. •    To ensure good stock control, ensuring stock checks and expiry date checks are completed in a timely manner. •    Maintain up to date knowledge and competency in the skills required to perform safely and effectively in the role and to undertake relevant statutory and mandatory training and to be responsible for personal development agreed with line manager.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job descriptions and person specifications for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.