Pharmacy Assistant - Band 2

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hawkesley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career development in hospital/pharmac

Job summary

Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, part of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support the hospital pharmacy team with stock picking, dispensing support and delivering medicines to wards.

You will staff the dispensary reception, handle queries, assist with sterile preparation and replenishing emergency stock. Full-time and part-time hours are available, with weekend and bank holiday rota work.

Qualifications

• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Attention to detail and ability to produce work to standard.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Experience in a customer service or patient care setting.
• Experience using different computer software.

Responsibilities

• Picking, packing and assembling medicines for stock distribution.
• Receiving and processing pharmacy stores orders.
• Staffing dispensary reception, speaking to staff and patients and handling queries.
• Supplying medicines to wards and departments by top-up.
• Delivering medication to wards and departments.
• Picking intravenous fluids.
• Carrying out duties within sterile preparation suites.
• Replenishing specialist emergency boxes.
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary pharmacy team.
• Participating in weekend and bank holiday rotas.

Skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Deadline-driven

Customer service

Computer skills

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

This Pharmacy Assistant post sits in the hospital pharmacy team at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, part of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The work centres on stock picking and dispensing support, dispensary reception and delivering medicines to wards, with some sterile preparation. Full-time and part-time hours are on offer, with weekend and bank holiday rota work. Certificates of Sponsorship are not available for this role.

What the job involves

• Picking, packing and assembling medicines for stock distribution
• Receiving and processing pharmacy stores orders
• Staffing dispensary reception, speaking to staff and patients and handling queries
• Supplying medicines to wards and departments by top-up
• Delivering medication to wards and departments
• Picking intravenous fluids
• Carrying out duties within the sterile preparation suites
• Replenishing specialist emergency boxes
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary pharmacy team with pharmacists, technicians and assistants
• Taking part in bank holiday and weekend rotas, moving to 7-day contracted hours in future

What’s required

Experience

• Previous experience of working as part of a team
• Experience of applying attention to detail and producing work to the required standard
• Experience of working to deadlines
• Previous experience in a customer service or patient care setting
• Experience of using different computer software

Skills & knowledge

• Carrying out verbal and written instructions accurately
• Communicating clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing
• Accurately recording and filing information
• Customer service skills
• Skilled at multi-tasking

Other

• Working flexibly according to service requirements
• Staying focused and effective on repetitive tasks
• Working weekends and bank holidays
• Manual handling of boxes up to 15kg, with reasonable adjustments where appropriate

Nice to have

• Experience as a pharmacy assistant or counter assistant in hospital or community pharmacy
• Experience of receiving and controlling stock
• Customer service qualification and/or pharmacy counter assistant qualification

What’s offered

• Flexible working, as a Timewise accredited flex positive employer
• Opportunity to gain experience across pharmacy services and build a career in hospital pharmacy