Pharmacy Assistant

In the role as a Rotational Senior Pharmacy Assistant you must have excellent communication skills, attention to detail and be flexible as you will you will work within our dispensaries, stores and on wards alongside pharmacy teams including, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. You will be required to supervise work of pharmacy assistants ensuring work is prioritised appropriately and play a key role in training and development of staff to maintain a quality and standards of work. You will be required to participate in evening, weekend, and Bank Holiday working in keeping with the Pharmacy Directorate arrangements and the needs of the Trust., 1. Dispense and issue medicines from the Pharmacy Department including extemporaneously prepared products, controlled drugs, unlicensed medicines and clinical trials, in accordance with the policies, procedures and safe systems of work, which prevail in the department at the time. 2. Order and supply pharmaceuticals as part of the ward stock top-up service. 3. Load medicines received into the automated dispensing machine. 4. Take lead responsibility for reception duties and direct workload and queries in the most appropriate staff members within the department and escalate if required. 5. Input data into the Pharmacy computer system to ensure all appropriate records are made and kept up to date. 6. Receive medicines into the Pharmacy Department and ensure that documentation and computer entry is carried out in a timely and accurate manner. 7. Investigate and resolve delivery discrepancies, liaising with invoicing staff, and suppliers, making appropriate records of all investigations and outcomes keeping line manager fully briefed about key operational matters. 8. Ensure that all pharmaceutical preparations are stored appropriately. 9. Rotate stock at the point of goods receipt. 10. Deal with more complicated enquiries referring to line manager if they are not commensurate with role. 11. Ensure that all unused medicines (if appropriate) returned to the pharmacy are recycled in accordance with the safe systems of work and always participate in the safe disposal of medicines in accordance with departmental procedures. 12. Manually handle IV fluids, bulk feed deliveries and manoeuvre cages and tote boxes for delivery towards/departments, outside clinics 13. Deliver medicines to ward and departments as required. 14. Deal with frequent interruptions eg telephone enquiries from internal and external customers. 15. Fix the robot when basic errors occur. 16. Participate in daily stock count 17. Issue medicines which are on "To-Follows" list 18. Participate in development and project work in line with the objectives of the Trust and Pharmacy Directorate 19. Check picked stock items to ensure accuracy of medicines supplies on top up. 20. Train, supervise and assess support workers. 21. Deliver robot error training for pharmacy assistants and other staff who are new to the department in line with standard training plan. 22. Deliver training to pharmacy assistants and other staff as they rotate through areas of practice . 23. Deal with ad hoc stock requests as they arise (by telephone or portal) from wards/departments and outside clinics. These may be urgent and will need to be prioritised appropriately. 24. Supply emergency orders 25. Support pharmacy assistants with NVQ level 2 training where appropriate. 26. Prioritise work so that services meet their objectives. 27. Together with other members of staff to ensure that procedures are carried out in accordance with current legislation and regulations in respect of the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH and that other pertinent recommendations and standards are complied with. 28. Participate and co-operate in weekend, Bank Holiday, Statutory Holiday, early morning and evening services as per departmental arrangements. 29. Undertake other reasonable duties commensurate with this role as required. This may be subject to change to meet the needs of our patients. 30. Work across site where required. 31. The post holder will be expected to adapt to changes that may occur, which may affect the current practices within the Pharmacy Department, such as the introduction of new equipment, procedures, policies, and hours of working.

Are you an experienced pharmacy assistant who has completed NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent?, We are looking for a Rotational Senior Pharmacy Assistant who can act as a great role model, provide excellent training and demonstrate our trust values. You must be able to show great leadership qualities, a broad experience of working in a pharmacy and knowledge and understanding of working in a hospital. We want to recruit a Senior Pharmacy Assistant who is enthusiastic, motivated who will work to our professional standards to provide an efficient and patient focused service.,

• NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services or Pharmacy equivalent, Demonstrable experience working in a pharmacy environment
• Experience of working in a team
• Experience of dispensing prescriptions OR the preparation of aseptic products, Knowledge of procedures for own pharmacy area - on the job training, experience to NVQ3 or equivalent level
• Knowledge of stock control systems and storage of medication
Desirable criteria
• Knowledge of hospital pharmacy supply and discharge planning
• Able to relate to all grades of staff within a multidisciplinary team, Clear and accurate written communication skills
• Ability to use different IT applications
• Methodical with attention to detail
• Ability to train others
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band. For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.