Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000

Job description

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Main area Health Care Science Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Evening and weekend shift pattern) Job ref 349-CSS-7060004

Site Oxford Road Campus Town Manchester Salary £23,615 Per Annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/04/2025 23:59

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 through 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.

Provide customer service to healthcare professionals at the Inpatient Hatch.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

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 and 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 [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Knowledge

• IT literate with a basic understanding of software eg Microsoft office, emails etc
• An understanding of the role of a Pharmacy Assistant
• Knowledge of Pharmacy Software EMIS, JAC, HIVE
• Experience of using automated dispensing systems

Qualifications

• GCSE’S or equivalent (C or above) in Maths and English
• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Services or equivalent GPhC approved qualification or course
• GCSE Science (dual award) or equivalent grade C or above

Experience

• Previous experience in a public sector organisation or health care setting
• Knowledge of dealing with members of the public, healthcare professionals, interaction with patients and carers
• Experience of product selection, stock maintenance

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.