Job overview

NHFT are dedicated to making a positive difference and providing care with compassion. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, so if you want to work for a Trust that makes a difference and rated as outstanding by the CQC this is the place for you.

NHFT have recently undergone a medicines supply model redesign bringing their medicines supply service in-house and we are keen to expand our team of pharmacy assistants working in the dispensary at Berrywood Hospital, Northampton,

You will be part of the dispensary team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants who support the medicines supply service from the Berrywood Hospital dispensary

Your primary role as a Pharmacy Assistant will be to support to the supply of medicines to wards and departments within Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

A strong team spirit and good communication skills will be required; you must be able to both manage your own workload and work as part of a team.

You may either already have some experience of hospital pharmacy activities or customer service/stock control in other settings. You must be willing to work towards a pharmacy services NVQ level 2  with our support if not already held. The Trust is committed to developing the talents of its employees through a disseminated leadership model.

Main duties of the job

·      To accurately dispense medication for individual patients for use in inpatient and outpatient services, working from orders and prescriptions generated from the electronic prescribing and medicines administration system or paper medication charts/prescriptions.  This includes the dispensing of medication into compliance aids.

·      To accurately make up orders of stock medicines for dispatch to wards using the SystemC computer system.

·      To accurately check orders made up by other members of staff for dispatch to wards

·        To liaise with ward staff, external clinic/unit staff, Pharmacy technicians and Pharmacists

·       To support the ordering, stock management and distribution of over-labelled and pre-packed medication for specified departments

·       To assist in the maintenance of the out of hours cupboards and emergency boxes

·        Support nursing and pharmacy teams in the management of pharmaceutical waste at both ward and pharmacy level

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.