Pharmacy Assistant

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; Vor Ort; GBP 21.000 - 26.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Pharmacy Assistant to join our team delivering patient-centred care on site within a prison setting. You will help ensure the smooth running of the pharmacy service, including stock control, ordering, receipt of goods, computer input and dispensing clinically screened prescriptions.

Ideally you will have an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services, but we will accept healthcare experience and support through NVQ L2 with Oxleas.

Qualifikationen

• NVQ Level 2 preferred; applications from healthcare-experienced candidates willing to undertake NVQ L2 will be considered.
• On-site in prison setting with NHS involvement.
• Sponsorship information: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Aufgaben

• Stock control including routine ordering, receipt of goods and storage of medicines.
• Dispense clinically screened prescriptions and dispense weekly/monthly in-possession medication to patients.

Kenntnisse

Stock control

Prescription dispensing

Data entry / computer input

Healthcare experience

Ausbildung

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services

Jobbeschreibung

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy assistant to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient's future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future. This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging. Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post., As a Pharmacy Assistant, you will contribute towards the smooth and efficient running of the pharmacy service on site within the prison. This will include all aspects of stock control (routine ordering, receipt of goods, computer input, storage of medicines), dispensing clinically screened prescriptions and dispensing weekly/monthly in possession medication to patients.

Ideally applicants will have an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services, however we will accept applicants who have healthcare experience and are interested in being put through the NVQ L2 by Oxleas.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care