Pharmacy Dispenser/Assistant

We hope to be welcoming you to the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals team soon. Lancashire Hospitals Services (Pharmacy) Ltd is delighted to offer multiple vacancies for a Pharmacy Assistant/Dispenser to join our fantastic team. The role is varied with opportunities to work in all three of our branches covering a range of tasks. If you are new to pharmacy or have never worked in a hospital setting before, please do not be discouraged from applying as full training will be provided. The team is friendly and helpful, and by all working together, we deliver a service that we are proud of. Please note that we have 3 full positions available. Full time is 36 hours per week worked over four days. You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and demonstrate a desire towards developing our services.

Main duties of the job:

• This post is an ideal opportunity for those looking to gain hospital experience and also for those that already have and enjoy this type of environment.
• On a day-to-day basis, your duties will vary and help provide a high-quality service to our patients whether this be provided customer service, dispensing medicines, or ordering and receiving pharmacy stock.
• You will also develop positive working relationships with our fantastic colleagues and multidisciplinary team and be a valued member of the company.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Delivery of a safe and effective pharmacy service
• Accurately dispense prescriptions in a timely manner
• Supporting the counter
• Use EMIS pharmacy stock control and patient medication record system
• Contribute to stock management – Stock Ordering, putting away, counts and rotation
• Comply with Standard Operating Procedures
• Offer suggestions to improve working processes
• Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, health professionals, and patients
• Maintain legal and professional standards
• Observe confidentiality requirements
• Contributing towards the delivery of company KPIs

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• 2 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (or equivalent) must include Maths and English

Knowledge:

• Experience of working in a team
• Knowledge of stock control systems
• Good telephone/communication 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

Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. 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.

To support you in your application process we’ve created a What we can offer you guide that shows what you can expect when you join our hospitals. The guide includes links to our strategic aims and objectives as well as our values, development support, and rewards and benefits. We recognise that the recruitment process may present barriers for some and you may need personal adjustments to enable you to participate in our recruitment process. Please make contact with the recruitment team at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.