Senior Pharmacy Assistant

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated band 4 Senior Pharmacy Assistant to join our pharmacy team on at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.

We are looking for a progressive and proactive Senior Pharmacy Assistant with strong leadership and problem-solving skills. Applicants must be self-motivated and organised. You will be able to work effectively alone and as part of a team and contribute to the process of service development and innovation by your own initiative and enthusiasm.

As a Senior Pharmacy Assistant within the Ysbyty Glan Clwyd pharmacy team, you will have the opportunity to develop a truly excellent, person-centred care pharmacy service at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. Particularly key to the role will be the multi-disciplinary engagement and coordinating the safe and effective flow of work through the dispensary.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for coordinating the safe and effective flow of work through the dispensary ensuring all people involved in the process, are provided with necessary information to ensure that patient’s medication supply needs are met, under the direction of the Senior Pharmacy Technician – Patient Services

Actively manage, supervise and co-ordinate pharmacy assistants including staff appraisal, work allocation, sickness and annual leave management.

Assist in training of pharmacy staff working in the dispensary and satellite pharmacy areas.

Operate pharmacy systems to carry out tasks in an accurate, timely manner, provide administrative and clerical support for dispensary related work. Including being lead responsible person to facilitate the use of the pharmacy tracker system ensuring a safe, efficient pharmacy service is provided while delivering the highest quality care.

Assist in recruitment of staff, delivery of KPIs, production of rotas and production of reports using the pharmacy tracker system and Work within Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Assist in management and delivery of near patient medicines management to inpatients across BCUHB sites.

You will be given opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills further through development supported by our friendly, experienced team.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• GCSE or equivalent in Mathematics and English grade C or above.
• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services.
• Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Level 2 qualification or equivalent or willingness to work towards.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Support staff accuracy checking qualification, or willing to work towards.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Has worked in a dispensary area of a hospital pharmacy department.
• Experience of leading a team, training and mentoring staff.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team environment. Knowledge of Key Performance Indicators.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and work to targets.
• Conflict resolution experience.
  
  

Skills And Attributes

Essential criteria

• Team Player.
• Ability to organise rotas and prioritise workloads, manage own time/tasks and those of others.
• Able to solve routine day to day problems.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing demands and situations.
• Aware of own limitations.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.