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Are you an enthusiastic, hard-working, and patient-focused person with an interest in pharmacy?
Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in the community and looking to gain experience in a hospital setting?
If you are keen to join a forward-thinking pharmacy department supporting patient care, we would love to hear from you.
The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a vacancy for a Pharmacy Assistant – dispensing services.
As an employer, we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organization people are proud to work for.
The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics, run fitness classes, and organize mindfulness sessions.
We are one of the largest trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to people in Preston and Chorley and specialist care (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Burns and Plastics, Oncology, and Renal Medicine) to 1.5 million people across Lancashire and South Cumbria. In addition, we are proud to be the regional Major Trauma Centre providing life and limb saving treatment for patients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Responsibilities:
* Working with pharmacy teams to prepare and supply medicines products directly for patient use.
* Stock control including ordering, receipting drug deliveries, stock rotation, expiry checking, and date checking.
* Sorting medications, disposing of unwanted medicines, and updating pharmacy computer systems.
* Medicines supply.
* Dispensary based duties.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and provide specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire and Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely makes a difference to support our patients and staff, ensuring we keep thriving and delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fantastic people, and do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills and enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold, and help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centers around patient care, which means your role is pivotal and something to be proud of.
Contact Information:
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: James Miles
Job title: Dispensary Team Leader, Chorley Hospital
Email address: james.miles@lthtr.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01257245253
Name: Abigail Hickey
Senior Dispensary Assistant, Chorley Hospital
Telephone number: 01257245283
Seniority Level
* Entry Level
Employment Type
* Full-time
Job Function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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