Dispensing Pharmacy Assistant
Job overview
Salary £24,071 STHM T&Cs
Hours: 39 hours full time, plus additional late night, weekend & bank holiday working on a rota basis.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dispensing pharmacy assistant to join a dedicated team working in the outpatient’s pharmacy at James Cook University Hospital. The post holder will be a key member of the outpatient’s pharmacy team, making major contributions to the daily workflow to ensure outstanding quality services for customers and service users.
Under the leadership of the Pharmacy Manager, the successful candidates will deliver outstanding services, ensuring that these are provided in accordance with the relevant professional, ethical, legal and locally agreed policies, procedures and standards.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will work to accurately select and label medications from prescriptions. In addition, the post holder will provide relevant and professional counselling and advice to customers and service users. Other responsibilities include providing expert advice on over the counter products, operating tills and IT systems, receiving, storing, rotating and ordering stock as necessary.
We are looking for a motivated and positive individual who can contribute to the efficiency of the outpatient pharmacy services, with outstanding customer satisfaction and communication skills. Applying candidates should be strong team players, be flexible to change and have confidence to effectively liaise with other health care professionals in a hospital setting.
Applicants must have a BTec/NVQ level 2 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
- Your Leadership Impact
- Service Improvement for Beginners
After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2)
- BTec/NVQ level 2 in Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent.
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent written/oral communication skills
- Excellent time management skills and ability.
- Confident and assertive dealing with the general public and healthcare professionals.
- Flexible and able to modify approach to achieve objectives.
- Be positively aware of the code of ethics as laid down by the GPhC Evidence of strong knowledge of over the counter products
Experience
Essential criteria- Previous experience in a community pharmacy
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and subsidiary companies that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS.The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.