Job Overview
Please note that this vacancy is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
The post holder will be based within the pharmacy department at Moorfields City Road site and will gain experience in the development and delivery of Pharmacy services within high‑cost therapies, outpatients and day‑care settings.
Responsibilities
- Assist in providing a safe and efficient clinical pharmacy service in the pharmacy dispensaries, including dispensing high‑cost therapies and home care products.
- Work with the Lead Pharmacy Technicians for High‑Cost Therapies and Clinical Services as well as Senior Pharmacy Technicians to manage and coordinate workflow in the dispensaries, monitor the quality of service provided, and promote the implementation of Trust initiatives for out‑patients and day‑case services.
- Receive prescriptions from patients or day‑case wards, assemble medicines for individual outpatients, day‑cases and in‑patients, and give dispensed medications with appropriate instructions to patients.
- Support stock control within the dispensaries, including ordering, receiving, distributing, and rotating stock.
- Process prescription and over‑the‑counter payments where applicable.
- Assist ward stock top‑ups, manage ancillary stock (bottles, bags, labels), and ensure all relevant Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) are available.
- Maintain clean, tidy dispensing facilities, check expiry dates, and dispose of medications safely.
- File prescriptions daily, answer telephone queries, and liaise with other pharmacy staff at City Road and network sites.
- Handle returned medicines, record computer entries, dispose of unwanted or expired stock following Trust policies, and assist in acquiring medicinal stock from wholesalers.
- Match delivery notes, orders, and invoices, arrange deliveries of medicinal stock to Moorfields network sites, and organise home‑delivery of prescription medicines to patients by post or courier.
- Complete mandatory training and support the team in all standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Person Specification
Education / Qualification
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent, including Maths & English.
- BTEC or NVQ level 2 in pharmaceutical services or equivalent.
Experience
- Recent experience of working in a Pharmacy.
- Experience of working in a Pharmacy dispensary.
Knowledge (Desirable)
- Medicines Management / Medicines Optimisation experience.
- Ascribe / EMIS Dispensing system knowledge.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Moorfields is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from under‑represented candidates including BAME and disabled candidates and provide reasonable adjustments where required.
Flexible Working
We are a flexible working friendly organisation and support work–life balance. Employees may request flexible working arrangements where they are beneficial for the service.
Contact
If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying or need an accessible version of recruitment documents, please contact the recruitment team at moorfields.recruitment@nhs.net.
Additional Information
- Eligible for the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Free 24/7 independent counselling service.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS discount schemes.
- Free Pilates classes.
- Flexible working friendly organisation.
For the full range of benefits and updates, visit our Moorfields careers page.
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