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PHARMACY
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
179-6321773-C-B
Employer
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Bury St Edmunds
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Pharmacy Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our pharmacy team for a Pharmacy Administrator. We are expanding our team and there are two posts available. You will be working with a number of team including procurement, homecare and administration. 

The Pharmacy Administrator supports the smooth running of the Pharmacy Department with a responsibility for homecare invoicing, general procurement and general admin support. Homecare is one of the pharmacy services where the medicines are delivered to patients own homes and pharmacy team requires processing of the relevant paperwork. 

The post-holder needs to be able to have knowledge and experience of working with Microsoft office or equivalent and demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy to allow the completion of tasks involving internal as well as external stakeholders.

We strive to develop the knowledge and skills of our workforce to enable them to advance personally and professionally and this is that ideal career development prospect. Therefore, recruiting the best talent to fulfil this role is really important to us. To help us achieve this, you must be a driven and resilient individual that is ambitious to join our busy team.

Pharmacy specific knowledge is not required since training will be provided to undertake the task associated with all of the pharmacy activities.

Main duties of the job

You will:

·         Provide administrative support for Homecare service as well as assist the Chief Pharmacist with administrative duties whilst deputising for their PA

·          Regularly communicating financial information via email and on the telephone between the Trust and Homecare companies.

·         Be dealing with telephone enquiries from patients, hospital staff and Homecare companies with regards to Homecare medicine supplies and deliveries.

·         Liaise with specialist nurses, medical staff and clinical pharmacy staff to ensure prescriptions are submitted in a timely manner to ensure that deliveries are timetabled for continuation of supply to patients.

·         Be responsible for handling invoices and deal with any associated issues.

·         Support procurement team with their daily activities were appropriate.

 

 

You will work with multidisciplinary teams including:

·         Internal: Pharmacy, nursing and medical staff and Finance and business office staff.

 

·         External: Homecare company patient services co-ordinators, accounts staff and credit controllers, regional account managers and patients and/or their representatives.

 

You will contribute to development of novel Homecare projects. 

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

 

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Please see the full job description for more information

STAFF CAR PARKING

Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 – 18:30. 

For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital.  Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.

This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete “on call” duties within their role.

The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

Person specification

Education & Qualification

Essential criteria
  • GCSE in mathematics and English or equivalent
  • NVQ3 in Administration, or equivalent experience

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Prior experience of an office /ledger control environment
  • • Basic keyboard skills
  • • Experience of database development and maintenance
  • • Ability to manipulate and present data on Excel

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • • Demonstrates aptitude for team working
  • • Able to work adapting to the daily demands of the post
  • • Demonstrates attention to detail and initiative in work
  • • Numerate and literate with good communication and organisational skills
  • • Ability to organise own time and prioritise
  • • Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to learning and developing own role
  • • Deals with all telephone enquiries but is able to escalate queries for further investigation where necessary, when unable to deal with directly
  • • Demonstrates empathy and handles patients enquiries sensitively when dealing with issues around complaints and bereavement

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • • Good communications skills (both verbal and written)
  • • Ability to work in an organised and calm fashion in a busy environment
  • • Ability to work to deadlines and to meet agreed objectives
  • • A flexible approach to working hours and duties
  • • Positive attitude towards personal/self-development
  • • Ability to use a VDU for long periods of time

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardDisability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alla Williamson
Job title
Chief Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07825581146
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