Medicines Management Assistant

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC:
Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share

Job
-0899-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Employer type NHS
• Site Sheffield
• Town Sheffield

Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pa/pro rata for part time staff
• Salary period:
Yearly

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems.

Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

A Pharmacy assistant,
with NVQ/BTEC Level 2 or equivalent qualification
, is required to support the ward based clinical Pharmacy Services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate initiative and work to high standards of accuracy and reliability.

Other duties are to provide support in implementing developments within clinical services to meet the needs of the patient. The post holder will also label, dispense and supply medication against hospital prescriptions.

The post will be based at the either the Northern General Hospital or the Royal Hallamshire Hospital but you may be required to work in any of the sites across the Trust when required.

This post could also be based within the STH theatres department working alongside a Multi-disciplinary team, as a Medicines Management Assistant. Theatres are on both STH sites so this post would be cross-site on a rotational basis.

To work with a multi-disciplinary team to provide support in the delivery of a safe, effective and cost efficient ward based, medicines management service.

To provide support in implementing developments within clinical services to meet the needs of the patient.

To label, dispense and supply medication against hospital prescriptions.

To undertake stock top-ups at ward level to maintain supplies of medicines for STH patients.

To transport stock or named patient medications between Dispensaries or Stores departments and put away securely at ward level.

To work flexibly between the hours of 8am and 8pm as part of the ward based and operational team in order to provide and maintain a comprehensive pharmaceutical service in line with current departmental policies and procedures.

Please note this advertisement can be appointed as either a full time or part time opportunity.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of its staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well‑being support service.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
• Skills, labelling, and dispensing module is essential and BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science or demonstrable equivalent qualification or experience and a willingness to work towards achieving NVQ III in Pharmacy Services
• Microsoft Office Packages - evidence of short courses or relevant experience
• English and Maths GCSE grade 4/C or above or equivalent experience/qualification
• NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Public Services
• Counter Assistants Qualification

• Relevant experience working within a pharmacy environment
• Relevant experience & competence in labelling and dispensing of inpatient medication with instructions, TTOs or FP10s
• Relevant experience in stock…