Job Description:
Inpatient Pharmacy Assistant
Oxford Road Campus, Manchester M13 9WL
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Band 2 – £12.92/hr
Full time – Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00
Temporary placement up to 12 weeks
Join our Inpatient Pharmacy Team
MFT are looking for a reliable, motivated and detail-focused Inpatient Pharmacy Assistant to join their Pharmacy Dispensary Team at the Oxford Road Campus.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about providing a safe, efficient and high-quality pharmacy service to patients. You will work as part of a friendly multidisciplinary team, supporting the delivery of pharmaceutical care across the Trust.
About the role
As an Inpatient Pharmacy Assistant, you will work within the pharmacy dispensary service to support the safe and accurate supply of medicines to patients.
Your role will include:
· Assisting with the dispensing and supply of medicines in accordance with Trust policies, procedures and local guidelines.
· Interpreting prescriptions and accurately dispensing medicines.
· Supporting the preparation and manipulation of pharmaceutical products.
· Ordering, receiving and replenishing pharmacy stock.
· Responding to requests for urgent and emergency medication supplies.
· Providing a professional and helpful service to patients, visitors, ward staff and pharmacy colleagues.
· Working safely in accordance with Health & Safety and COSHH requirements.
· Maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail when dispensing and calculating medication doses.
· Prioritising your workload effectively while managing interruptions and changing service demands.
· Participating in dispensary meetings, audits and service improvement activities.
· Completing the Trust's in-house dispensary training programme.
· Taking part in continuing professional development and mandatory training.
· Working towards the Pharmacy Assistant NVQ Level 2 qualification, or equivalent, where required.
· As you develop your skills and experience, you may also have the opportunity to support and supervise new pharmacy assistants, rotational pharmacy assistants and work experience students.
Person Specification
MFT is looking for someone who is:
· Accurate and methodical, with excellent attention to detail.
· Able to work calmly and effectively under pressure.
· Well organised and able to prioritise competing demands.
· A good communicator with strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
· Confident working both independently and as part of a team.
· Numerate, with the ability to accurately calculate medication doses.
· Able to follow procedures and recognise when to seek advice or support.
· Flexible, reliable and committed to meeting the needs of the service.
· Self-motivated and keen to develop their knowledge and skills.
· Comfortable using standard IT packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Essential requirements
To be successful in this role, you will need:
· HIVE access – this is an essential requirement for the role.
· Knowledge and experience of dispensing medication within a pharmacy setting.
· 4 GCSEs or equivalent, including Mathematics, English and two sciences.
· Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service or customer-facing environment.
· Good written and verbal communication skills.
· Good numeracy, organisational and problem-solving skills.
· Good manual dexterity.
· The ability to read prescriptions and use a computer/VDU effectively.
· The ability to concentrate for prolonged periods when dispensing, calculating doses, ordering and replenishing stock.
· A willingness to undertake and successfully complete the required pharmacy training programme.
· A commitment to continuing professional development, further education and career development.
In return for your commitment, NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you many fantastic benefits: –
· Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
· First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
· Dedicated consultants
· Flexible working options
· Free DBS and free training
· Build holiday allowance.
· Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days
· Stakeholder pension scheme
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS. s
Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 126,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS. Register today for various flexible working options and long-term placement opportunities.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion
