The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Pharmacy Assistant – dispensing services.
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic, hard‑working, and patient‑focused person with an interest in pharmacy?
Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in community and looking to gain experience in a hospital setting?
If you are keen to join a forward‑thinking pharmacy department supporting patient care we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
We are one of the largest trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to people in Preston and Chorley and specialist care (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Burns and Plastics, Oncology and Renal Medicine) to 1.5 million people across Lancashire and South Cumbria in addition we are proud to be the regional Major Trauma Centre providing life and limb saving treatment for patients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.
- Working with pharmacy teams to prepare and supply medicines directly for patient use
- Stock control including ordering, receipting drug deliveries, stock rotation, expiry checking and date checking
- Sorting medications, disposing of unwanted medicines and updating pharmacy computer
- Dispensary‑based duties
Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust
- Dispensing medications
- Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking and use of the Pharmacy IT System
- Provides an effective reception service, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries
- Maintains stock of dispensing sundries and carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards
- Supports the training and development of pharmacy team
The core hours of duty are a 7.5 hour shift from 8am – 7:30pm Monday to Friday. Applicants will be expected to participate in weekend and bank holiday on a rota basis.
This role is cross‑site at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley Hospital.
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
- Maths and English competent / Educated to GCSE level
Knowledge and Experience
- Experience of working in a team
- Knowledge of stock control systems
- Good telephone / communication skills
- Computer experience including good keyboard skills
- Knowledge of Health & safety
- Experience of working in pharmacy
- Experience of working in a customer‑facing role
- Experience of working in a busy environment
We are 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 race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.
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