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Pharmacy Services Assistant - Apprentice

306 North London NHS Foundation Trust • London, England, United Kingdom • £28.62k - £30.23k / year • 3d ago

Dispensary: To attend to patients, carers and hospital staff at the Pharmacy reception, receiving medication charts and handing out medications. To deal with incoming and outgoing communications to the department and its staff in an appropriate and accurate manner. To dispense, under supervision and in preparation for a final accuracy check, medicines from prescriptions and ward requisitions in accordance with local procedures. To maintain high quality of data input of patient information into the Pharmacy computer system to ensure high labelling standards for dispensed medicines.

Communication: To communicate with staff in clinical areas regarding patients and medicines supply. To ensure information is provided in a timely manner, to the appropriate individual and in accordance with the degree of urgency of the request or issue identified. Procurement and Distribution: To be responsible for processing all stock delivery to Pharmacy; unpacking, checking, recording, rotating and shelving. To inform all other Pharmacy staff of out-of-stock items and to follow up deliveries and subsequent distribution.

To undertake stock top-up of medicines on wards and departments.