Senior Pharmacy Assistant (Homecare and Procurement)
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
To work in partnership with the Chief Pharmacist, Principal Pharmacy Technician, Homecare Team and Providers to ensure safe, effective, economical and timely pharmaceutical care for all patients receiving a Homecare Services prescribed by CRH.
To assist and support the Senior Homecare Technician to plan, develop and organise new processes for the management of administrative work associated with the safe and accurate supply of critical medicines to patients in their homes.
To provide a range of support functions involved with the procurement and distribution of Homecare medicines and associated care.
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Process pharmacy homecare registration documents, prescriptions and invoices for payment ensuring prices agree with current contracts and goods with receipt records. Resolve pricing disputes with suppliers and recover additional costs incurred because of off contract purchases or non-delivery of products.
Assists the Senior Homecare Technician with the management of homecare service needs including review process, document control, audit and KPI production and ratification.
Co-ordinates the production of homecare invoices in liaison with the Pharmacy Finance and Information team and trusts Finance Department.
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is North Derbyshire's only acute district general hospital, with 24 hour Emergency Department services; we're responsible for providing care and treatment to more than 400,000 people who live in our communities. We are modern, well resourced and in commuting distance of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and close to the Peak District. The Care Quality Commission has rated the Trust as ‘Good’. Our vision is to be an outstanding provider of sustainable healthcare services, delivering the best possible care to our patients and being a great place to work for our people.
The pharmacy department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital is modern, pro-active, forward-thinking and well respected both locally and nationally. We have won individual and team awards for innovation and clinical excellence in the Trust’s staff recognition awards and have won awards at the Pharmacy Congress for our service developments. We have also been shortlisted for Health Service Journal awards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To support the Principal Pharmacy Technician (High-Cost Drugs and Homecare), Senior Homecare Technician & relevant clinical pharmacists in overseeing the supply and monitoring of medicines delivered via homecare.
2. To support the preparation of homecare prescriptions, and to consult with clinical staff on related matters, providing a first point of contact on matters relating to homecare.
3. To support clinical pharmacist in undertaking transfers of patients to new homecare suppliers, and the introduction of major new products e.g. biosimilar medicines.
4. To consult with the pharmacy procurement office manager to ensure that homecare providers have access to relevant contract prices for homecare medicines.
5. To oversee the processing of invoices for homecare medicines and to resolve associated queries, consulting with clinical staff accordingly
6. To oversee the reporting of incidents associated with homecare services, consulting with providers and clinical staff to ensure that actions arising from these are dealt with accordingly, and that trends in incident reporting are analysed accordingly.
7. To provide a point of contact for homecare providers on matters relating to the provision of homecare medicines and to coordinate the resolution of queries, and to arrange regular attendance at department homecare meetings
8. To support the Pharmacy Procurement office manager in other medicines procurement activity including processing of order, invoices, and resolution of queries.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
To undertake any training (managerial and professional) identified by staff appraisal.
To participate in weekend, on-call, and Bank Holiday working in accordance with agreed rotas.
3. To maintain confidentiality at all times relating to the patients, staff, and the Trust.
To actively participate in the Staff Appraisal Process.
5. To be familiar and comply with relevant Operational, Personnel, Health and Safety policies and procedures, including Fire, COSHH, No Smoking and Alcohol.
6. Maintain a safe environment by adhering to local infection control policies.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.