Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated senior medicines management pharmacy assistant to join the medicines management pharmacy team at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
The key focus of this role is to provide safe and secure stock control across pharmacy, wards, and clinical areas on the St Bartholomew’s site. The post holder will provide an efficient and effective administrative
service, operational and finance support, as well as undertaking project work to enhance the service.
This is a full-time permanent role based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, working 37.5hours per week Monday
to Friday, and including 1 in 5 weekends.
The post holder will be expected to work with minimal supervision, use their initiative and be proactive when issues arise. Maintain effective communication with team members and the wider multi-disciplinary team
Main duties of the job
The post holder will rotate throughout the various clinical areas and support in a patient facing role where you will be given the opportunity to undertake the Medicines Optimisation Programmeand support patients
making the most of their medicines.
The post holder will be expected to work with minimal day to day supervision, using their initiative and being proactive when issues arise. Regular communication within the team needs to be maintained in relation to working practices, procedures, and changes. A good working relationship with colleagues and other
healthcare staff needs to be fostered and always maintained.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. GCSE grades A-C or 4-9 (inc. English language, Math’s, and Double Science.
2. NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent
Desirable criteria
3. HEE Medicines Optimisation program or equivalent
4. Train the trainer or Practice supervisor
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Experience in customer care environment.
6. Experience of working in a pharmacy team.
7. Demonstratable stock management experience
Desirable criteria
8. Experience of working in a hospital environment
9. Experience of training others.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
10. Good understanding of filing systems and data management procedures.
11. Understanding of relevant legislation, e.g., Health and Safety, GDPR, Data Protection.
12. Understanding of the importance of adherence to procedures and legislation.
13. Understand the importance of self-organisation and accuracy.
14. Understands issues surrounding customer care and quality.
15. Interested in and have knowledge of the use of medicines.
16. Understanding of stock control systems.
17. Understanding the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation.
18. Demonstrates understanding of patient safety initiatives.
Desirable criteria
19. Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
20. Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements.
Skills
Essential criteria
21. IT skills; Able to use Excel and Word proficiently
22. Able to plan own work and the supervision of others in a clear and organised way.
23. Able to work alone or as part of a team with different grades of staff.
24. Diligence and accuracy
25. Able to work to policies and procedures
26. Able to perform calculations
27. Good time management skills; able to meet deadlines
28. Able to communicate well with all members of the team (internal and external to Pharmacy) and externally with customers in a confident manner
29. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, including on the telephone
30. Able to prioritise own work.
31. Confident to work unsupervised, takes initiative and uses own judgement in anticipating and dealing with queries and problems
32. Able to work calmly under pressure and to deadlines.
Desirable criteria
33. Manual handling skills
34. IT skills; Able to use Excel and Word proficiently