Pharmacy Support Worker

Job overview

Are you passionate about healthcare and ready to make a difference behind the scenes? We're looking for a dedicated Pharmacy Support Worker to help ensure the safe, efficient, and timely supply of medicines to patients.

You'll be part of a supportive team committed to improving patient care. We offer training, development opportunities, and a chance to grow your career in pharmacy services.

Join our dynamic team and play a key role in delivering safe, efficient, and patient-focused medicines management across our healthcare services.

Main duties of the job

The Pharmacy Support Worker carries out duties in support of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and also carries out general and administrative duties within the dispensary.

Dispensing of medicines for inpatients and outpatients including use of the pharmacy labelling and stock control computer system.

All duties will be in accordance with Trust and departmental policies and procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• To participate in the day to work of the mental health unit dispensary, providing quality, accurate dispensing. 2. To participate in the supply of medicines in the form of in and out-patient dispensing, including accurate prescription receipt, labelling and assembly, and ensuring prompt completion and distribution, in accordance with departmental policies and procedures. 3. Contributing to the smooth running of the clozapine service. 4. Ordering of stock medication for wards and distribution of medicines to the wards. 5. Maintaining working stock levels of pharmaceuticals and other items, including bottles and consumables in the dispensary. 6. Participating in the stock control process including stock checking, receipt and storage of medicines and other items. 7. Processing the disposal of stock returned from wards and departments. 8. Performing general housekeeping duties to maintain the dispensary environment to the standards required. 9. Communicating with service users, carers and members of staff at the pharmacy hatch and telephone about the availability of medicines and other issues.

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.