Pharmacy Assistant

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a multi-award-winning NHS organisation as a Pharmacy Assistant, where you can develop your skills while supporting patient care. In this varied role, you will dispense medications and contribute to a high-quality medicines management service, all within a supportive working environment that values your contribution.

Benefits

Flexible working

Paid mandatory training

Extensive training and development opportunities

Opportunities to complete recognised qualifications

Occupational health support

Qualifications

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing and distribution of pharmaceuticals to patients, wards, and clinics.
• Accurate distribution of stock pharmaceuticals and preparation of emergency kits.
• Assessment of patient's own drugs for inpatient use and discharge supply.

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [e-mail]

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

If you are committed to a role which supports patient care, provides you with an opportunity to develop your skills, and is different every day, this Pharmacy Assistant role may be just right for you!

The pharmacy provides a high-quality medicines service, supplying medication to a variety of patients and wards/departments at GUH, the majority of which is processed by our automated robot dispensing system.

The role will involve dispensing and distribution of pharmaceuticals, restocking and optimisation of pharmacy robotic storage and being part of the wider pharmacy team in providing a medicines management service at ward level. The role will be Monday - Friday, but there will be a need for weekend working on a rotational basis.

We would encourage an informal visit. If this role sounds like something you would be interested in, we would love to hear from you and receive your application!

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

• To carry out the accurate dispensing and distribution of pharmaceuticals to patients, wards, departments, hospitals and clinics served by GUH.
• To carry out the accurate distribution of stock pharmaceuticals, receipt of new stock into the department, the assembly of emergency kits, the preparation of pharmaceuticals and the accurate supply of basic non pharmaceutical information to clients.
• To use the pharmacy and other computer systems in order to carry out all tasks in an accurate and efficient manner.
• To assist in the delivery of a near patient medicines management service to in patients admitted to wards at GUH. This will include tasks such as the assessment of patient's own drugs for inpatient use and discharge supply.
  
  

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

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Qualifications

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Experience

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Values

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Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification