Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including bank holidays and weekends on a rotational basis, part of a 7 day working week)
- Job ref
- 381-CO-6834056
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- West Bromwich
- Salary
- 拢26,530 - 拢29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Dispensary
NHS AfC: Band 4
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.听
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As 鈥淧eople鈥 is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
Hi I'm Prit, Chief Pharmacy tech in Operations at SWBH Pharmacy.
We have a unique and exciting role available as a Senior Pharmacy Assistant based in the Dispensaries at SWB, including at the brand new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital!
This role is aimed at any individuals who have been Pharmacy Assistants previously, are looking for a more senior role as an assistant and have immense passion for working and driving a team within a dispensary.听
You will be part of the Dispensary Team where you will be supported by Lead Pharmacy Technicians in Dispensary services and Dispensary coordinators and work very closely with Rotational Pharmacy Assistants on a daily basis.
Within this role there will be an opportunity to work towards and obtain a Accuracy Checking Assistant (ACA) qualification which is a fantastic opportunity for existing assistants. SWBH have created a great career pathway for ATOs to progress onto bigger and better things within hospital pharmacy.听
We have an extensive training package which will be provided to ensure you have the support you need to excel in this very rare and exciting role.听
Main duties of the job
You will be rotating into all of our dispensaries, including the brand new, state of the art Midland Metropolitan Hospital Pharmacy which is now open, a second brand new pharmacy called Sheldon Block Pharmacy which is due to open early 2025 and also within our existing site at Sandwell General Hospital Pharmacy.
Main duties of this role will include being proactively involved in the day to day running of the dispensaries ensuring medications are dispensed and final checked in a safe and timely manner and problem solving on a daily basis to ensure a smooth running of the dispensaries. You will be involved with the training of staff rotating through the dispensaries to ensure a high standard of service is provided. There will also be an aspect of some day to day management of staff responsibilities involved. Dispensing and final checking medications (once ACA qualification gained) will also be a core duty within the role.听
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care听organisation with a budget of approximately 拢600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.听
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), is now open and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.听
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People 鈥 to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients 鈥 to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population 鈥 to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Additionally if you would like to arrange an informal visit or chat regarding the role please contact Navin Kataria: navin.kataria@:nhs.net or听 Pritiben Narshi on 0121 507 5250/3295 or 07811425269, Monday to Friday between 9am - 5.30pm.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working within a pharmacy environment as a dispenser, or pharmacy assistant
- Significant experience of dispensing all types of medicinal products including controlled drugs, with associated health and safety considerations
- Significant experience of counselling patients on their prescribed medication at the point of handover.
- Working knowledge of a broad range of medicines and their safety issues
- Significant experience in safely and competently handling pharmaceutical equipment and medicines during the dispensing process.
- Experience in supervising training for junior and trainee staff
- Significant experience of using a pharmacy electronic stock control and dispensing system
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated line management/supervisory experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ L2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff
- NVQ L3 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians, or demonstrable equivalent experience in a pharmacy setting
- Willingness to train towards Level 3 Team leader/supervisor qualification (apprenticeship)
- Willingness to train as an Accuracy Checking Assistant (ACA)
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 Team leader/supervisor qualification or equivalent
- Line management qualifications
- Further medicines optimisation qualifications
- Qualified as an Accuracy Checking Assistant
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pritiben Narshi
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacy - Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 507 5250
- Additional information
If you would like to arrange an informal visit or chat regarding the role please contact Navin Kataria ([email protected]) or Pritiben Narshi on 0121 507 5250/3295 or 07811425269, Monday to Friday between 9am - 5.30pm or email at [email protected]
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