Lead Dispensary Pharmacist

Based in the dispensary, the post holder is responsible for ensuring the requirements of GPhC registration of the pharmacy are met and that there is appropriate professional oversight on a day to day basis. The post-holder is responsible for training and developing junior pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists in the dispensary.

The post-holder will be involved in supporting GDP in pharmacy stores and providing a clinical service to wards as required., To take the lead, day to day, in ensuring that the requirements of GPhC registration of the pharmacy are met.

This includes:-

To be the responsible pharmacist for the dispensary

To work with the lead dispensary technician to maintain dispensary SOPs and ensure adherence to their content

To provide professional advice and support to pre-registration pharmacists and other dispensary staff

To take professional responsibility for the clinical screening of prescriptions

To develop an OTC sales service

To provide a basic clinical service to wards as required

To take responsibility for planning and organising own workload in accordance with the requirements of the job

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values