Band 3 Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a pharmacy professional to manage the supply of medicines across pharmacy, wards, units and community clinics. You will be responsible for daily receipt and checking of pharmaceutical items and the dispensing of medicines, working within SOPs and under the supervision of the Head of Pharmacy.

Joining our Pharmacy Team, you will liaise with patients, relatives, technicians, nurses and doctors to ensure safe and timely patient care

Responsibilities

• Supply medicines and pharmaceuticals across pharmacy, wards, units and community clinics.
• Daily receipt and checking of pharmaceutical items and the dispensing of medicines.
• Work within SOPs and under the supervision of the Head of Pharmacy.

Job description

The post holder will be responsible for the supply of pharmaceuticals within pharmacy, wards, units and community clinics.

The post holder will be responsible for the daily receiving and checking of pharmaceutical items and the dispensing of medicines.

The post holder will be part of a Pharmacy Team who will provide a range of pharmacy services on behalf of the Trust to its patients and customers. Work will be undertaken following departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and under the supervision of the Head of Pharmacy. Liaises with: patients and their representatives; technicians; pharmacists; ward managers; nurses; doctors; buying office staff; porters; UHB Pharmacy, The post holder will be part of a Pharmacy Team who will provide a range of pharmacy services on behalf of the Trust to its patients and customers. Work will be undertaken following departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and under the supervision of the Head of Pharmacy. Liaises with: patients and their representatives; technicians; pharmacists; ward managers; nurses; doctors; buying office staff; porters; UHB Pharmacy

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.