East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Pharmacy Assistant – ESEOC

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Job summary

We are looking for a Senior Pharmacy Assistant to provide Pharmacy support duties to wards and Theatres at Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC), Colchester Hospital.

You will work independently to manage Pharmacy in top up areas and but work closely with the ESEOC team when complex issues arise. For this role you will need to have a NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant or equivalent or working towards this.

You will manage the supply of medicines and other critical pharmacy supplied consumables to ESEOC theatres and ward areas, ensuring top-up services to these areas supply stock to required levels, pre-emptively and reactively working with the Clinical Lead Pharmacist for ESEOC, Logistics team and ESOEC ward and Theatres staff to manage Short-falls or changes in Drugs and consumables. In this role you will undertake duties supporting the ESEOC Lead Pharmacist and Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technicians in ESEOC wards and theatres such as undertaking audits or data collection.

You will assist the Pharmacy Supply Team Leader to ensure that senior support is available and cover where appropriate if ESEOC workload permits.

Details about our pharmacy service - https://esneft.pagetiger.com/buqzfou/1

Main duties of the job

To maintain adequate stock levels by ordering, picking, delivering and unpacking stock medicines to ESEOC.
To identify and remove in-date drugs which are no longer required from ESEOC wards and theatres following the Pharmacy procedure for 'returns'.
To maintain record of drugs "borrowed' from ESEOC wards and ensure wards are debited/credited appropriately.
To be proactive and reactive to emergency needs of the ward and clinical areas including organising the delivery of critical medication for stock or one stop dispensing.
To distribute out of stock reports to Pharmacy link personnel in theatres and ensure drugs on "to follows" are on order by liaison with Pharmacy procurement staff.
Inform specialist pharmacist promptly if supply problems are identified.
To work closely with the ESEOC team in undertaking data collection for clinical audits.
To deliver Controlled drugs to the ESEOC wards and Theatres
To co-ordinate with the top up team to ensure an efficient service is arranged in times of own absence and statutory bank holidays by planning a top-up rota for distribution and ESEOC wards and theatre staff to refer to.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

21 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2245-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Daily administration of stock using an electronic stock management system(s) - including stock checking and reconciliation
Demonstrates effective communication skills through team working in complex/multi-disciplinary team environments
Self-Managing daily workload - in a stock/stores/logistics environment
Checking, storage and distribution of medicines or equivalent goods in regulated and controlled environments
Acute/Community pharmacy stock management
Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity ensuring good customer service
Working with all levels of pharmacy staff including management
Use of computers

Desirable

Experience of Pharmacy Robotic systems
Has provided training to junior staff
ESEOC/Theatres stock management
Competent undertaking ward stock top ups
Experience using databases and basic report writing
Experience using Ascribe stock control software

Qualifications

Essential

Pharmacy Services Assistant Level 2 or GPhC recognised equivalent qualification
English GCSE level 4 or above/ equivalent UK nationally recognised qualification
Maths GCSE level 4 or above equivalent UK nationally recognised qualification

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Daily administration of stock using an electronic stock management system(s) - including stock checking and reconciliation
Demonstrates effective communication skills through team working in complex/multi-disciplinary team environments
Self-Managing daily workload - in a stock/stores/logistics environment
Checking, storage and distribution of medicines or equivalent goods in regulated and controlled environments
Acute/Community pharmacy stock management
Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity ensuring good customer service
Working with all levels of pharmacy staff including management
Use of computers

Desirable

Experience of Pharmacy Robotic systems
Has provided training to junior staff
ESEOC/Theatres stock management
Competent undertaking ward stock top ups
Experience using databases and basic report writing
Experience using Ascribe stock control software

Qualifications

Essential

Pharmacy Services Assistant Level 2 or GPhC recognised equivalent qualification
English GCSE level 4 or above/ equivalent UK nationally recognised qualification
Maths GCSE level 4 or above equivalent UK nationally recognised qualification

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

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