Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Theatres and Critical Care

We are looking for a Senior Pharmacy Assistant provide Pharmacy support duties to Critical care and Theatres at Ipswich Hospital. You will work independently to manage Pharmacy in top up areas and liaise with the Pharmacy team when complex issues arise. For this role you will need to have a the NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant or equivalent or working towards this. In this role you will undertake duties supporting the Theatres and Anaesthetics Specialist Pharmacist and Ward Based Pharmacy Technician (T&A) in Theatres and critical care unit. You will also manage the supply of medicines and other critical pharmacy supplied consumables to theatres and CCU, ensuring top-up services to these areas supply stock to required levels, pre-emptively working with the T&A Specialist Pharmacist, Logistics team and CCU/Theatres staff to manage Short-falls or changes in Drugs and consumables. As part of this role you will liaise with CCU/Theatres/specialist Pharmacists and Logistic staff to ensure efficient day to day management of stock. You will assist the Pharmacy Supply Team Leader to ensure that senior support is available and cover where appropriate.,

• To co-ordinate with the top up team to ensure an efficient service is arranged in times of own absence and statutory bank holidays by planning a top-up rota for distribution and theatre/critical care staff to refer to.
• To identify and remove in-date drugs no longer required from critical care and theatres following the Pharmacy procedure for 'returns'.
• To maintain record of drugs "borrowed' from critical care and ensure wards are debited/credited appropriately.
• To distribute out of stock reports to Pharmacy link personnel in theatres and ensure drugs on "to follows" are on order by liaison with Pharmacy procurement staff. Inform specialist pharmacist promptly if supply problems are identified.
• To deliver Controlled drugs to the CCU and Theatres
  
  We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A