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Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£23,615 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 2
Deadline
22 Dec 2024
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
06 Dec 2024

Job overview

Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust (MFT) is one of the biggest, ambitious and most progressive NHS Trusts in the country.  We are a family of ten hospitals across six separate sites and managed clinical services, providing a wide range of services from comprehensive local general hospital care to highly specialised regional and national services.

Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of Manchester’s diverse population.

We’ll do this by building an organisation which:

  • excels in quality, safety, patient experience, research, innovation and teaching;
  • attracts develops and retains great people;
  • and is recognised internationally as a leading healthcare provider.

Our pharmacy department is committed to providing an innovative service that focuses on patient care and experience, and we’re currently hiring enthusiastic Pharmacy Medicines Management Assistants to join us.  This is an ideal opportunity for you to start your career in Pharmacy, developing your knowledge and experience in our dynamic and diverse team.

Main duties of the job

This is a great role to start your career as a Pharmacy Assistant, as you’ll receive all the training and support you need to be your best.  You’ll support Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians by providing supervised pharmacy services, including dispensing of medicines, replenishing and maintaining ward stocks and patients’ own medicines.

Working under supervision at all times, you’ll also work on the inpatient hatch receiving prescriptions,  deal with routine enquiries from patients and hospital staff, maintain drug stocks, assemble prescriptions, and check and receive deliveries using Pharmacy systems. The department rota, in which you’ll participate, will include late nights, weekends and Bank Holidays.

To rotate though all areas of the technical service, in particular wards and the Inpatient Dispensary.

Participate in patient centered care at ward level.

Ensure that medicines are available when needed.

Maintain accurate stocks.

Provide customer service to healthcare professionals at the Inpatient Hatch.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.   So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.  Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.  As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!