Job summary
Working Part Time: 34 hours per week
The successful candidate will participate in the provision and development of the Pharmacy service to all wards and departments in the Trust. Supporting the use of medicines on the wards in terms of recording medication histories, reuse of patients own drugs, initiating supplies and reducing medicines waste.
They will contribute to the efficient discharge of patients by ensuring they have the medicines they need when theyare discharged including receiving appropriate counselling and understand how to take them.
Main duties of the job
- To pro-actively support the delivery of pharmaceutical care on wards through supporting ward staff in managing medicines and medicines reconciliation with patients. This will involve the planning and prioritisation of own workload whilst working as part of a team to provide pharmaceutical care.
- To assess the suitability of the use of patient's own medication, ensuring patients consent to use their medication whilst in hospital and to arrange the efficient and prompt supply of medicines to the wards considering the most cost effective options.
- To assess patients suitability for compliance aids, and refer patients with compliance issues to the appropriate health care professional.
- To assist the transfer of medicines when patients are transferred between wards.
- To ensure that patients receive an efficient and timely supply of medicines during their stay and on discharge from hospital.
- To undertake patient education in accordance with pharmacy procedures to ensure maximum concordance of their treatment and document such activity within a care plan/patients records as appropriate.
About us
The Trust's services are provided from three locations: o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds. o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services with appropriate underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent)
- BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Dispensing Accuracy Checking or equivalent eligible for inclusion on the regional register. (Demonstrating continuing competence)
- Registered with the GPhC
Desirable
- Completed medication history taking competency based training
- D32/D33 or A1 qualification (NVQ Assessor)
- Clinical Qualification (diploma/Foundation Degree)
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification hospital experience in pharmacy services
- Confident to work independently and as part of a team
- An understanding of Pharmacy related legislation relating to Medicines Act 1968, The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of
Desirable
- Experience of training students, pre-registration pharmacists and new staff
- Administration of medicines to patients
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Countess of Chester Hospital
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)
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