Pharmacy Distribution & Medical Gas Senior Assistant

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job description

Pharmacy Distribution & Medical Gas Senior Assistant

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

The pharmacy department is looking for a dependable, enthusiastic and motivated Senior pharmacy assistant to help supervise our Distribution & Medical Gas Team.

The individuals will help us deliver a high quality and efficient patient focused service.

The ideal candidates will have good levels of stamina, be physically fit with good attention to detail and possess good communication skills, be flexible, committed and a good team player.

Main duties of the job

1. Ensure the timely collection and delivery of ward generated prescriptions/orders to the appropriate areas within the Pharmacy Department.
2. Distribute medical gases and pharmaceutical products to wards and departments within the Hospitals on the Oxford Road Campus.
3. Assist the Pharmacy Distribution & Medical Gas Team Leader in the provision and maintenance of an effective service with respect to the department's distribution & medical gas functions.
4. Participate in the Medical Gas On-call rota.

About us

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

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & 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 & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.

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.

Job 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 & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. 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.

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.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent nationally recognised qualification.
• GCSE's or equivalent (C or above) in Maths and English.

Experience

• Evidence of experience in a public sector distribution/medical gases role.
• Experience and understanding of stock management processes and stock take.
• Experience of medical gas management of storage and distribution.
• Experience of training and developing other staff.
• Experience of involvement in producing and evaluating SOPs.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of hospital distribution practices.
• Knowledge of hospital procurement service including ordering and stock control.
• Knowledge of medical gases and liquid nitrogen process and procedures.
• Knowledge of audits and risk assessments.
• Demonstrates an understanding of Health and Safety policies and standards.

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

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum (pro rata)