Senior Pharmacy Assistant static in Dispensary or Stores

Main area: Pharmacy

Grade Band: 3

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time Part time 37.5 hours per week (37.5 per week partaking in the bank holiday Rota and 1 in 6 weekends)

Job ref: 177-EMER-6159252-B

Employer: James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: James Paget University Hospital NHS Trust

Town: Great Yarmouth

Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 02/01/2025 08:00

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:

• Putting patients first
• Aiming to get it right
• Recognising that everybody counts
• Doing everything openly and honestly

‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'

Job overview: If you’re looking for a new opportunity in a challenging but rewarding aspect of healthcare, then this may be the opportunity for you. The James Paget University Hospital Pharmacy Department is looking for people to join our team. No previous experience in hospital pharmacy is required as full training will be provided. This vacancy is open to people already holding an NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services. You will assist pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in many aspects of the pharmacy service, helping to ensure the highest quality of pharmaceutical care is given to our patients.

Main duties of the job:

• Dispensary: To produce labels for dispensed drugs using the JAC computer system for inpatient, outpatient, community unit, TTOs, and CDs against the relevant previously clinically checked prescription or request. To dispense medication for inpatient, outpatient, community unit, TTOs and CDs against the previously clinically checked prescription or request in line with departmental policies and procedures and the Medicines Act 1968 using the JAC system.
• Stores: To assist the Senior Pharmacy Technician with the day-to-day distribution of medicines from Main Pharmacy Stores including: Coordination and distribution of community unit requisitions. Ensuring all allocated top-ups and ward visits are completed in a timely manner and per schedule. To participate in the ward top-up scheme for the ordering, assembly, checking, delivery and stock rotation of drug supplies to wards and departments. To ensure the optimum use of the Automated Dispensing System and report any issues with its function when necessary.

Working for our organisation: Our hospital is an amazing place to work and we would welcome the opportunity to talk to you about joining our team. We have a great deal to offer, including excellent rates of pay, outstanding training, continuous career development and a rewarding working environment in a community that holds its hospital in high regard. We are very proud of the JPUH and its people, and are continually seeking improvements to ensure that patients and staff have the best experience possible when they are here.

In 2019 our services were rated as “Good” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). As a teaching hospital, we are part of the University of East Anglia (UEA) Medical School and have good links with the UEA School of Pharmacy. Rated in the top 20% of Trusts nationally in the NHS Staff Survey.

Car parking is available on site. The east coast is a great place to live: We are located 5 minutes from Gorleston Beach, with its 3 miles of golden sands rated by Tripadvisor as the 8th best beach in the UK and given a Travellers’ Choice Award after being ranked in the top 10% of attractions worldwide. Located near the Broads National Park, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) consisting of over 200km of waterways which also provide access to activities including boating, kayaking and paddleboarding. Affordable properties to buy and rent with prices below the regional average. Transport links to the city of Norwich, named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s best places to live.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: Please see attached job description. Our vision is to provide safe, high-quality services delivered with courtesy and respect.

Person specification:

• Education and Qualifications: GCSE Level 4-9 in English and Maths or equivalent. NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
• Experience and knowledge: Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team or people-oriented position. Experience of working in a hospital environment.
• Skills and Abilities: Self-confident with the ability to work alone and as part of a team using common sense and initiative. Good written and oral communication skills. Ability to demonstrate flexibility within the working environment. Ability to prioritise. Word processing and use of Internet and IT skills.

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Tier 2 Sponsorship: We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement. Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.

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.