Pharmacy Assistant

at  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking general duties within the pharmacy stores and the dispensary, to aid in the smooth and efficient running of the department. Bank holidays, Saturdays and Sundays are worked on a rostered basis, under Agenda for Change T&Cs
Working within a team, in the Pharmacy to deliver a high quality service to patients and users, adhering to standards of service delivery, and managing stock control.
A - Pharmacy Stores
Ward IV fluid top up.
Stock maintenance
Receipt of deliveries, checking of delivery notes and reporting anomalies.
Picking of drugs from lists generated by ward top up personnel or Omnicells and inputting data from picking lists
Undertake top up of ward stocks by visiting the wards and checking the stock in the ward cupboards against a pre set list of medicines and stock levels, and checking expiry dates. This may also include use of Omnicell cabinets.
Enabling compliance with Falsified Medicines Directive or future equivalent legislation via use of pharmacy barcode scanning technology.
B - Dispensary
Issuing ward stocks on non-top up days.
Top up of dispensary consumables.
Sorting returned drugs and returning them onto the computer - decision to be made according to defined criterion
Reception duties, including answering phone, presenting “front of house” duties for staff, patients and visitors, liaising and problem solving for ward staff and patients.
C – Omnicells
Restocking of Omnicell items.
Ensure cabinets are maintained in an orderly fashion, reporting any malfunctions as required.
See Job Description for further details
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the main responsibilities of the role

Please refer the Job description for details