Senior Pharmacy Assistant

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bradford is seeking a motivated Senior Pharmacy Assistant to join their dedicated pharmacy team. This entry-level position offers full training, allowing candidates without prior experience to develop essential skills. You will play a key role in providing specialist pharmacy services and improving patient care. The role includes responsibilities in the dispensary and may require occasional travel to another facility. The Trust values flexibility and offers a range of benefits to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• No prior hospital dispensary experience required; full training provided.
• Candidates should demonstrate good computer skills and communication.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a safe and effective pharmacy service.
• Undertake reception duties, dispensing, and packing medicines.
• Maintain accurate stock levels in the dispensary.

Skills

Computer Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Organizational Skills

Proactivity

Education

NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services

Job description

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We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible, committed and enthusiastic Senior Pharmacy Assistant to join our friendly and dedicated pharmacy team.

The post holder will work in the pharmacy technician-managed dispensary at the Lynfield Mount Hospital in Bradford. You will play a key role in the provision of specialist technical pharmacy services, helping us to deliver and improve the quality of patient care. There will also be a requirement to travel to the Airedale Centre for Mental Health (ACMH) in Steeton on occasion.

The successful candidate will hold the NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services, however we will consider candidates who do not hold this qualification and provide the necessary training to support you to obtain this qualification.

If you have no experience of working in a hospital dispensary you are encouraged to apply, as full training will be provided to enable you to develop your skills and knowledge to their full potential.

The successful candidate should have good computer skills, demonstrate they can work accurately, have excellent communication skills and be proactive. They need to be able to work as part of a team, be organised, and have a willingness to learn.

Closing date: 20th May 2025

Shortlisting: 21st May 2025 onwards

Interviews likely to be week commencing 2nd June 2025

• To deliver a safe and effective pharmacy service
• The post holder will undertake duties in support of the department, including reception duties, dispensing, packing and distributing medicines and general housekeeping duties
• The post holder will be responsible for the daily ordering and receipt of drugs for the dispensary.
• Maintaining accurate stock levels in the dispensary including daily stock taking.
• The post holder will provide support to the senior pharmacy technicians and dispensary manager.
• The purpose of this post should remain constant, but the duties and responsibilities may vary over time within the overall role and level of the post. The post holder may from time to time be asked to undertake other reasonable duties. Any such changes will be made in discussion with the post holder in the light of service needs.
  
  

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Adam Hussain Job title: Chief Pharmacy Technician Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01274363230

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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