Pharmacy Assistant (Progression Post)

The successful postholder will work under pharmacy SOPs to provide a medicines top up and stock management for wards, with supervision available from pharmacy technicians.

You will dispense medication against prescriptions and requisitions, calculating appropriate doses and doses for both inpatient and outpatients following SOPs, ensuring prescriptions and requisitions are legal and safe.

You will receive medication supplies from wholesalers and electronically record this.

You will remove unwanted medication from the wards to determine what is suitable for return or destruction as per policies.

In addition to this, the postholder will dispense controlled drugs for ward stock, named patients following all legal requirements and order patient medication on the ward.

You will dispense orders for emergency drugs, maintain cost effective holding on the wards and ensure good stock control, ensuring stock checks and expiry date checks are completed in a timely manner.

You will maintain up to date knowledge and competency in the skills required to perform safely and effectively in the role and to undertake relevant statutory and mandatory training and to be responsible for personal development agreed with line manager.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Experience

Essential: - Experience of stock management; - Telephone, email and internet experience; - Experience of working supportively within a team

Desirable: - Experience with the use of appropriate software packages including Excel and Word; - Experience of working in a pharmacy environment

Skills

Qualifications

Essential: - Basic general education, GCSE grade D or above in English and Maths

Desirable: - NVQ in pharmacy services level 2 or willing to work towards