Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an enthusiastic, hard-working, and patient-focused person with an interest in pharmacy? Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in the community and looking to gain experience in a hospital setting? If you are keen to join a forward-thinking pharmacy department supporting patient care, we would love to hear from you.

The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a vacancy for a Pharmacy Assistant - dispensing services.

As an employer, we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation people are proud to work for.

The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics, run fitness classes, and organise mindfulness sessions.

Main Duties of the Job

We are one of the largest trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to people in Preston and Chorley and specialist care (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Burns and Plastics, Oncology, and Renal Medicine) to 1.5 million people across Lancashire and South Cumbria. In addition, we are proud to be the regional Major Trauma Centre, providing life and limb-saving treatment for patients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.

• Working with pharmacy teams to prepare and supply medicines products directly for patient use.
• Stock control including ordering, receipting drug deliveries, stock rotation, expiry checking, and date checking.
• Sorting medications, disposing of unwanted medicines, and updating the pharmacy computer.
• Dispensary-based duties.

About Us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire and Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely makes a difference to support our patients and staff, ensuring we keep thriving and delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet great people, and do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills and enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold, and help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care, which means your role is pivotal and something to be proud of.

Job Responsibilities

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust.
• Dispensing medications.
• Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking, and use of the Pharmacy IT System.
• Provide an effective reception service, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries.
• Maintain stock of dispensing sundries and carry out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards.
• Support the training and development of the pharmacy team.

The core hours of duty are a 7.5-hour shift from 8 am - 19:30 Monday to Friday. Applicants will be expected to participate in weekend and bank holiday on a rota basis.

This role is cross-site at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley Hospital.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

• Maths and English competent / Educated to GCSE level.
• NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services to include Maintaining Stock and Dispensing Modules.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working in a team.
• Knowledge of stock control systems.
• Good telephone/communication skills.
• Computer experience including good keyboard skills.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety.
• Experience of working in pharmacy.
• Experience of working in a customer-facing role.
• Experience of working in a busy environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer Name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dispensary Team Leader, Chorley Hospital

£23,615 a year, pro rata for part-time workers.