Senior Pharmacy Assistant (Homecare and Procurement)

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To support the Principal Pharmacy Technician (High-Cost Drugs and Homecare), Senior Homecare Technician & relevant clinical pharmacists in overseeing the supply and monitoring of medicines delivered via homecare.

2. To support the preparation of homecare prescriptions, and to consult with clinical staff on related matters, providing a first point of contact on matters relating to homecare.

3. To support clinical pharmacist in undertaking transfers of patients to new homecare suppliers, and the introduction of major new products e.g. biosimilar medicines.

4. To consult with the pharmacy procurement office manager to ensure that homecare providers have access to relevant contract prices for homecare medicines.

5. To oversee the processing of invoices for homecare medicines and to resolve associated queries, consulting with clinical staff accordingly

6. To oversee the reporting of incidents associated with homecare services, consulting with providers and clinical staff to ensure that actions arising from these are dealt with accordingly, and that trends in incident reporting are analysed accordingly.

7. To provide a point of contact for homecare providers on matters relating to the provision of homecare medicines and to coordinate the resolution of queries, and to arrange regular attendance at department homecare meetings

8. To support the Pharmacy Procurement office manager in other medicines procurement activity including processing of order, invoices, and resolution of queries.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To undertake any training (managerial and professional) identified by staff appraisal.

To participate in weekend, on-call, and Bank Holiday working in accordance with agreed rotas.

3. To maintain confidentiality at all times relating to the patients, staff, and the Trust.

To actively participate in the Staff Appraisal Process.

5. To be familiar and comply with relevant Operational, Personnel, Health and Safety policies and procedures, including Fire, COSHH, No Smoking and Alcohol.

6. Maintain a safe environment by adhering to local infection control policies.

Person Specification

excellent communication skills

Essential

• GCSEs in maths and English

Desirable

• NVQ2 Pharmacy services
• hospital experience
• customer service skills

Essential

Essential

• Previous experience in administration tasks

Desirable

• Previous experience in Pharmacy Homecare Services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Calow

Chesterfield

S44 5BL

Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)