Senior Pharmacy Assistant (Dispensary)

Job overview

Senior Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant - Band 3

West Middlesex University Hospital

Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust  (West Middlesex  Site)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Pharmacy Dispensary Assistant to join the  Pharmacy Department Team at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust l (West Middlesex Site).

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Assistant who is willing to work within a supportive Pharmacy team keen to develop the pharmacy services. The post holder must possess excellent interpersonal, problem solving and time management skills and able to work with a wide range of professionals. The successful candidate will be based in the Dispensary and will be required to work weekends and bank holidays. Previous experience of working in a pharmacy hospital is essential. Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Main duties of the job

• To manage stock control and be a super user for the Rowa
• Training rotational assistants and other grades of staffing
• Dispense medication in the Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

STOCK & INVENTORY

• Stock control management including putting stock away received from stores, rotating stock/checking expiries where relevant and performing stock control counts.
• Ensure dispensary areas are sufficiently stocked with all sundries (leaflets, cards, bottles, bags).
• Sort, count, compile and, where relevant, dispose of unsuitable medication returns.
• Carry out daily monitoring of fridge and dispensary temperatures.
• To release and order stock from Stores.
• To be a ROWA Super user and provide training where required.
• To monitor all “to follows” drugs
• General housekeeping of ROWA.
• Adjust stock/expired stock investigations.

For more information please see the attached job description.