Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant Technical Officer

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Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant Technical Officer

The closing date is 20 August 2025

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Pharmacy

1 full time position of 37.5 Hours per week

**You must hold an NVQ level 2 Pharmacy services**

Please be aware that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

Previous applicants within the last 6 months need not apply.

An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic individuals to join a developing and motivated team of pharmacy staff serving Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. We are currently developing and expanding our medicines management practices both within the department and at ward level. This post will be key to our planned developments and will be based at Southport & District Hospital within a modernised dispensary setting, although ability to work on both sites is essential and will involve dispensing for in-patient and discharge. Duties will include working within the Pharmacy Department & at ward level, general stock control, ordering, supply & dispensing of medicines.

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change

Main duties of the job

The post holder will participate with other team members of the pharmacy staff aiming to provide an efficient and comprehensive pharmaceutical service within the pharmacy departments of Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist. Duties will include labelling, dispensing, stock rotation, storage, dealing with dispensary queries and patient counselling.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

For further information please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS (with barred list for Adults and Childrens disclosure).

Please note this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications is reached.

Person SpecificationSkills & Abilities

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to understand the importance of confidentiality
• Ability to work to a high specification of accuracy

Knowledge & ExperienceQualifications

• Will work towards achieving NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
• Dispensing Assistant

Other

• To concentrate for dispensing and checking

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearper annum, pro rata

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