Dispensary Band 6 Pharmacist

Salary (will be pro rated for less than full time): Band 6 - £39,959 - £48,117

Location: The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Fixed term / secondment

Division: Family, Diagnostics and Community

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is proud to care for the communities of West Essex, delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality services. We are part of the Neighbourhood Wave—a national programme that’s changing how care is delivered by focusing on prevention, early support, and more joined-up services across health, social care, and the voluntary sector.

This means we’re working more closely with local partners to bring care closer to home and support people to live healthier, more independent lives.

We offer development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing. As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

Join us and help shape the future of care in West Essex.

Fixed term end date - 31/03/2027

To participate in the professional provision of Pharmacy Services to the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust and other organisations to which the pharmacy department provides a service.

To work as part of the Pharmacy team to provide an effective and professional pharmacy service in the:

Pharmacy Dispensary

Clinical Pharmacy at Ward Level

Medicines Information

Pharmacy Technical Services

To be involved in specified project or group work

To work as part of the Pharmacy Team in the professional provision of a dispensary-based Pharmacy service to:

Identify dispense and distribute pharmaceutical items including Controlled Drugs, Clinical Trials and extemporaneously prepared products to wards and departments throughout the Trust according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)

Take part in patient counselling and provide information on medicines to patients, doctors and other health care staff.

Carry out reception duties, involving dealing with patients, relatives and all grades of healthcare workers.

Deal with telephone enquiries and handle prescription charges.

Use the computer systems to track prescriptions.

Monitor statutory and local regulations regarding the storage, control and administration of medicines, including ward controlled drug checks.

To open and close the pharmacy dispensary.

Operate the automated pharmacy storage and dispensing system.

All wards at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Participate in the prescription monitoring service at ward level, including appropriate drug choice, monitoring of treatment outcome and side effect profile.

Organise supply of medicines according to need, local requisitioning and topping up procedures.

Participate in medicine information services.

Review literature to produce evidence based solutions to pharmaceutical problems.

Follow all Standard Operation Procedures, relating to clinical activities, including appropriate standards of prescription monitoring, drug chart endorsing, writing in medical notes, rewriting drug charts and controlling antibiotic prescribing.

Work as part of the pharmacy team at ward level, (including supervision of junior staff).

Liaise with GPs and community pharmacists regarding medication information at discharge.

Contribute to adverse drug reporting, clinical risk management and therapeutic drug monitoring.

Undertake drug history taking.

Be involved in discharge counselling of patients.

Co-ordinate stock and non-stock medicine supply

Minimise non-administration of medicines.

To provide professional support to the Technical Services Unit to:

Provide the final check of prepared intravenous and other products, produced in the unit.

Liaise with the Pharmacy Technical Manager on the work schedule in order to maximise support alongside other prescribed duties.

To follow all Health and Safety standards in compliance with Trust policies and procedures. Dealing with hazardous chemicals (including cytotoxic drugs) used in the department, following COSHH regulations.

Attend all mandatory training.

Attend in-house training sessions

To participate in specified project and or group work, according to need. This may include data collection as part of audit/project work

To carry out the following in all areas of Pharmacy:

• Maintain accurate manual and computer records.
• ‘house-keeping’ duties.
• Ensure disposal of pharmaceutical waste in all areas is carried out according to SOP’s.
• Identify pharmaceutical items which are unavailable and follow appropriate SOP.
• Ensure professional and legal standards are adhered to.
• To undertake weekend and late duties as per the roster
• To maintain registration, as a pharmacist, with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and to act in accordance with the code of ethics.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.