Bank - Pharmacy Assistant - Band 3 | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £13.16 Per Hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Southend, SS0 0RY |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7368839/Bank-PharmAst-3 |
Summary
The post holder will receive, dispense and hand out prescriptions, dispense inpatient, outpatient medications and provide other support services to the Pharmacy department, including the receipt of orders, storage and supply of Pharmaceuticals Controlled drugs and other stocks, ward top-ups.
1. Communication
· Pharmacy reception duties including receiving prescriptions from outpatients, ward staff and other clients, take payment for prescriptions and forward prescriptions to the correct location for dispensing.
· Identify, resolve, or refer any prescription queries at point of reception.
1. Clinical Duties
· Restock medication ensuring stock rotation with the dispensaries.
· Help to maintain a clean working environment in all areas of pharmacy.
· Dispense Inpatient and discharge prescriptions both within the pharmacy department and out on the wards using the mobile dispensing trolleys.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest Trust in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon, and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing, and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
In addition to the below, undertake any other reasonable duties the Operational Lead Technician may allocate from time to time.
1. Communication
· Pharmacy reception duties including receiving prescriptions from outpatients, ward staff and other clients, take payment for prescriptions and forward prescriptions to the correct location for dispensing.
· Identify, resolve, or refer any prescription queries at point of reception.
· Answer telephone enquiries from staff and patients, resolve or refer as necessary.
· Hand out completed prescriptions with appropriate counselling, under the supervision of the senior pharmacy technician in charge.
· Under instruction from a senior member of the team, arrange delivery of medications to patient’s home address, including labelling and secure sealing of medication packages, contacting patients and accurate record keeping of all deliveries
1. Analytical and Planning
· Perform departmental expiry date checks to schedule.
· Maintain supplies of non-drug items including controlled stationary e.g. FP10 prescriptions and controlled drug registers, ensuring accurate records are maintained.
1. Clinical Duties
· Restock medication ensuring stock rotation with the dispensaries.
· Help to maintain a clean working environment in all areas of pharmacy.
· Dispense Inpatient and discharge prescriptions both within the pharmacy department and out on the wards using the mobile dispensing trolleys.
· Process prescriptions using the pharmacy stock control and electronic prescribing system. Select, count, package and label prescription items according to department procedure. Make records as necessary e.g., endorse prescription; make an entry into the controlled drug register.
· Dispense Outpatient prescriptions. Process the prescriptions using the pharmacy stock control and electronic prescribing system. Select, count, package, and label prescription items according to department procedure. Make records as necessary e.g., endorse prescription; make an entry into the controlled drug register.
· Participate in late shift, weekend and bank holiday rota’s.
1. Policy and Service Development
· Follow departmental standard operating procedures at all times
· Assist in updating standard operating procedures as requested by the Operational Lead Technician.
· Direct service users to pharmacy policies on the Trust intranet as needed.
1. Financial and Physical Resources
· Assist in running adhoc and planned reports using pharmacy IT systems as requested
· Perform departmental stock checks, counting and escalating discrepancies.
· Process homecare prescriptions and invoices.
· Assess suitability of pharmaceuticals for return to stock. Return items to stock using the pharmacy stock control system as authorised or dispose of according to departmental waste procedure as appropriate.
1. Staff Management
· Not applicable to this role
1. Information Resources
· Provide support to end users of the pharmacy Wellsky system.
· Assist in the maintenance of all pharmacy IT systems.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025