The postholder will support the dispensary manager in the day-to-day management of the dispensary. Core responsibilities include:
Oversee daily dispensing traffic, manage queues, and resolve stock and prescription queries.
Dispensing & checking - accurately dispense and perform final accuracy checks on items prepared by other staff.
Supervise, mentor, and roster junior pharmacy technician, trainees, support assistants.
Monitor inventory levels, manage controlled drug registers and destruction sessions.
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The postholder will support the dispensary manager in the day-to-day management of the dispensary. Core responsibilities include:
Oversee daily dispensing traffic, manage queues, and resolve stock and prescription queries.
Dispensing & checking - accurately dispense and perform final accuracy checks on items prepared by other staff.
Supervise, mentor, and roster junior pharmacy technician, trainees, support assistants.
Monitor inventory levels, manage controlled drug registers and destruction sessions.
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability. Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
To partake in audits conducted within the Dispensary.
To deal with verbal complaints, safety issues and investigate Inphase incidents.
To investigate and resolve stock discrepancies (including controlled drugs).
To take part in the routine destruction of Controlled Drugs alongside a delegated responsible person.
To contribute to service developments within the department.
To be able to follow departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
To be able to dispense inpatient, outpatient and discharge medication accurately.
To competently counsel patients on the use of their outpatient medication.
To contribute to wider policies that have an impact within the pharmacy department and across the Trust.
To support the Dispensary Manager by contributing to the development of the Dispensary Services.
To be able to use pharmacy computer systems correctly and enter data accurately from transcription sheets, prescription forms and any other prescriptions written by others.
To ensure that data is stored and archived appropriately in accordance with local and regionally agreed guidelines.
To be able to use initiative to appropriately prioritise work.
Participate in the Departments Seven day working model which includes weekends, late night and bank holiday working rota
