Pharmacy Assistant

Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated individual for a crucial role involving ward top ups, goods receiving, and order picking. The position works closely with ward staff and pharmacy teams. Full-time hours with flexibility to accommodate various schedules are available. The ideal candidate will be motivated, manage their workload well, and must communicate fluently in English. Join a team dedicated to outstanding patient care at a trusted foundation hospital.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage workload effectively.
• Fluency in English to an appropriate standard.

Responsibilities

• Perform ward top ups and goods in.
• Order picking and receiving medical gases.
• Collaborate closely with ward staff and pharmacy colleagues.

Job description

Role Overview

The role involves performing ward top ups, goods in, order picking and receiving medical gases. This position is vital to maintain the care of our patients and has close working relationships with the trust's ward staff and pharmacy colleagues based at our other sites.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Commitment to Equality and Diversity

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

The Paperwork and Requirements

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – we recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID‑19 and understand that we are treating COVID‑19 positive patients within our services.
• You must be willing to work hard, be able to manage your own workload as well as meeting the needs of our service users.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard, which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email – please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.

About the Trust

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors.

Recruitment and Working Patterns

We will consider recruiting the right candidate as a band 2 to band 3 progressive post if you do not have all the essential criteria listed in the job description.

Working patterns: Full time with flexible working pattern depending on the minimum number of hours per week.