Pharmacy Technician

Nuffield Health; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Nuffield Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the Cardiff & Vale Hospital site on a bank/Ad Hoc basis. You will work with the Pharmacy Manager to provide in-house services, assist with dispensing, and manage procurement and stock for wards and departments.

The role requires NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy service and GPhC registration, with hospital experience preferred and strong IT and customer service skills. Works closely with hospital teams and patients.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy service or equivalent.
• Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC is required.
• Hospital experience preferred; community experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-house pharmacy services and assist with dispensing.
• Carry out procurement, stock taking and replenishment to wards.
• Attend hospital and department meetings.

Skills

GPhC registration

Hospital experience

Excellent communication

IT skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

multitasking

Education

NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy service

Job description

Pharmacy Technician (Bank)

Cardiff & Vale Hospital | Pharmacy | Bank contract | Ad Hoc

£16.00 per hour

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

Our Pharmacy team in our Cardiff / Vale Hospital currently have an opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician. Continue your journey with us whilst we’ll support you to be your best.

The Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic, friendly and highly motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our small Pharmacy onsite team. Working closely with our Pharmacy Manager, as a Pharmacy Technician you will have defined responsibilities including but not limited to,

• Providing in house pharmacy services
• Assist with dispensing
• Carry out procurement, distribution, stock taking and the replenishment of pharmacy items to the ward and departments.
• Attending hospital and department meetings

The Person

To succeed as a Pharmacy Technician you will;

• Will have NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy service or equivalent
• You must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience of working in a hospital of at least one year is preferred or at least two years community experience.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong IT skills.
• Excellent people and customer service skills are essential, as you will be working closely both with patients and the hospital team.
• Be highly organised and an analytical individual, you will have excellent attention to detail
• Have the ability to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple tasks.

About Cardiff & Vale Hospitals

Nuffield Health Cardiff and Vale Hospitals provide first class private healthcare to the immediate local areas of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as across South Wales and surrounding regions. Our two hospitals; The Vale Hospital (mainly in-patients) and Cardiff Bay Hospital (day cases) are multi-specialty hospitals which combine the finest consultants, the latest medical technology, with the unrivalled reputation of Nuffield Health. The Vale Hospital is a purpose built, modern hospital located in beautiful surroundings of the Vale of Glamorgan. We provide 27 in-patient rooms within a very tranquil hospital setting and were recently identified as one of the top 30 most technologically advanced hospitals in the world. We host 2 fully digital ultra clean air operating theatres, an excellent physiotherapy department, 24-hour high dependency, surgical and medical RMO cover and exemplary outpatients and diagnostic service.

The patient feedback for our hospital is one of the best within the Nuffield Health estate and this is something our staff and consultants are very proud of.

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme and discounted gym membership at £35.00 a month.

About Us

Nuffield Health, is the UK’s largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we’ve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit.

We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services.

As a charity, we reinvest all our income into our services, into pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly into our social impact programmes, which are designed to support people who would not normally be able to afford or access our services.

Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.

Please read the Nuffield Health Policy carefully.