Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Dispensary & Medicines Management

Job summary

The Royal Gwent Hospital (RGH) Pharmacy Service are looking for an enthusiastic individual with the motivation and skills to co-ordinate the dispensary activity and Pharmacy Assistant Medicines Management Service. The dispensary is a fast-paced and busy environment requiring an individual with good prioritisation skills and the ability to delegate.

In order to fulfil this role you must work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. The successful candidate must also demonstrate excellent interpersonal, analytical and communication skills and the ability to lead a team.

RGH Pharmacy is a forward thinking and innovative department which utilises an automated robot dispensing system and constantly strives to improves methods of working.

The pharmacy department is dedicated to providing a high level of patient care and part of this is ensuring the safe and accurate dispensing of medication.

If you feel that you could fulfil this role and require any further information then please contact us to discuss.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for co-ordinating the safe and accurate dispensing and distribution of medicines to patients, wards, departments, and other users. Work to be carried out under the control and direction of Senior Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists.

To use the Pharmacy and other computer systems to carry out all tasks in an accurate and timely manner. Ensuring a safe and efficient Pharmacy service can be provided whilst delivering the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

To assist in the recruitment of staff, delivery of key performance indicators, production of rotas and error trend analysis.

To assist in the training provision to all staff within the Dispensary team.

To manage, supervise and co-ordinate Pharmacy Assistants including staff appraisal, work allocation, sickness management, staff appraisal, annual leave management and acting as appointment panel member.

To assist in the management and delivery of a near patient medicines management service to in patients admitted to wards on ABUHB, hospital sites.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.