Senior Pharmacy Assistant

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	28 Awst 2025
Cyflog:	£24,937.00 i £26,598.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£24937.00 - £26598.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	11 Medi 2025
Lleoliad:	Wakefield, WF1 3SP
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9378-QA01388

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JOB SUMMARY To assist the Technical services manager in the provision of an efficient dispensing/stores & distribution service following SOPs. Responsibility includes the day to day management and supervision to our pharmacy assistant team. KEY RESULT AREAS: 1. The post holder will be responsible for the day to day running of the pharmacy assistant team, planning own tasks and those of the team as outlined in department policies/SOPs or by Lead Technician. 2. The post holder will ensure that routine information is communicated to the team, department or other stakeholders when relevant. 3. The post holder will be expected to provide leadership for the ATO team, looking at innovative new ways of working and embracing new technology. 4. The post holder will be responsible for the recording of ATO staff sickness and ensuring cover of the rostered tasks for the individual as per department policy/SOP. You will be expected to interview all return to work absences, reporting any concerns/issues to line manager. 5. The post holder will be involved in other management duties as expected including helping with recruitment and carrying out appraisals of ATO team as per department policy/SOP and in conjunction with Technical Services Manager. 6. Responsible for organising the staff and ensuring rotad tasks are covered as per department policy/SOP 7. The post holder will be expected to assist in carrying out the day to day duties of an ATO, covering other sections of the department, whenrequired, and help cover basic and augmented ATO tasks during their absence. Visiting the wards on all sites and carrying out ward stock checks and controls will be also expected. 8. The post holder will be involved in data entry including inputting ward requests and ensuring stock is supplied in a timely manner. 9. The post holder will be the named lead on the Pharmacy computer software for stores functions, looking in to day to day house-keeping and answering queries, communicating with the company when necessary. 10. The post holder will take partin the dispensary rota maintaining dispensary competencies.. 11. The post holder will be involved in sorting, counting, checking, distribution and booking back stock through computer system (including destruction of unwanted medicines). You will be expected to be able to deal with emergency stock issues or similar problems. 12. The post holder will be expected to answer the telephone and deal with queries regarding work in progress and communicating with relevant members of staff offering additional advice as required. 13. Assist in keeping shelves clean and tidy, expiry date checks. The post holder will be involved in stock control and rotation. 14. The post holder will be expected to comment on department policies/SOPS which will affect the role/team 15. Be involved in carrying out surveys, audits as necessary for own work including customer satisfaction surveys and top up surveys or as identified by Technical Services Manager. 16. The post holder will be involved in helping the Technical Services Manager deliver and manage Health and Safety requirements for the department carrying out risk assessments, manual handling and other mandatory training. 17. The post holder will look to investigate and report back to Technical Services Manager any identified risks. 18. You will be expected to receive visitors to the department and stock deliveries if necessary. 19. Assist with the training of new and present staff to ensure skills are up to date 20. Responsible for daily temperature monitoring using current processes 21. Any other reasonable duties, including participation in training, to fully develop the post. The postholder will take part in the Weekend and Bank Holiday rota for the department 22. Trust Values: The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values: Honest, open, transparent Respectful Person first and in the centre Improve and be outstanding Relevant today, ready for tomorrow Families and carers matter Safeguarding: Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy. Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training. Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy: All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to: ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns; maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct; understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Trust Data Protection Policy; comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually; receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed; understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy; recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity; ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining; comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision); demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement; abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached; work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards. adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds; being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact; Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly; In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care. This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments. For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached. All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients. We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.