Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Aseptic Supply Unit

To assist the Aseptic Supply Team with the dispensing of outsourced aseptic products, in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.

To be involved in pharmacy ordering activities within the Aseptic Supply Unit.

To be involved in dispensing activities, within both the Aseptic Supply Unit and the Dispensary.

To assist the Aseptic Supply Unit Pharmacists with administration activities relating to the electronic chemotherapy prescribing system.

To supervise the activity of trainee Pharmacy Assistants and Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians.

1. To be involved in the dispensing of outsourced aseptic products and supplementary medicines for in-patients, out-patients and unit use. This will include personally receiving prescriptions into the Aseptic Supply Unit and accurately labelling, assembling and dispensing of individual in-patient and out-patient prescriptions according to departmental policies and standard operating procedures.

2. To accurately use computer systems within the Aseptic Supply Unit to record issues, receipts and returns.

3. To answer the telephone promptly and politely and refer queries to the appropriate person.

4. To assist the Senior Pharmacy Technician with the provision of efficient stock control, ensuring correct storage and rotation of drugs, monitoring stock levels and alerting the Senior Pharmacy Technician to any low or incorrect levels.

5. To oversee and participate in weekly stock checks, ensuring checks are completed for expired and damaged goods.

6. To participate in the Aseptic Supply Units cleaning schedule, in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.

7. To participate in the Aseptic Supply Units ordering schedule for both patient specific and batch chemotherapy / monoclonal antibodies.

8. To maintain the Aseptic Supply Units filing system of QA / QC paperwork.

9. To receive prescriptions and other requests into the pharmacy according to the agreed procedures and deal with straightforward problems.

10. Interpret prescriptions and where necessary, contact either a pharmacy technician or a pharmacist to clarify prescriptions.

11. To assist the Senior Pharmacy Technician with the packing and checking of emergency boxes to the Trust, ensuring continuity of supply.

12. To assist the Senior Pharmacy Technician with the maintenance of the departments emergency box database.

13. To follow up outstanding items promptly.

14. To liaise with the Chemotherapy and St Marys Day Unit clerks to co-ordinate and maintain patient treatment dates.

15. To process and coordinate patient returns in a timely manner.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

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