Outpatient Pharmacy/Dispensing Assistant - PharmacyBucks | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Are you an experienced dispenser from community pharmacy looking for a role with a difference? Would you like a change of setting and the desire to develop your knowledge in a Hospital Outpatient Setting? Or are you thinking about a career in Pharmacy and looking for your first Hospital based role as a Pharmacy Assistant?
Outpatient Hospital Pharmacy may just be the place for you.
Discover what it’s like to work as an Outpatient Pharmacy/Dispensing Assistant, where you will have ample opportunity to develop and utilise your existing knowledge as well as learn new skills to provide a safe and efficient pharmacy service to patients.
Pharmacy@Bucks is an innovative Outpatient Dispensing service that combines the knowledge of a community and a hospital Pharmacy to provide exemplary service to all our patients. Working in close partnership with the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT), we thrive to provide a customer focused clinical service to all patients and Healthcare Professionals alike.
We would like to welcome 3 keen Pharmacy/Dispensing Assistant(s) to our ever-growing team with a passion to learn, develop and grow in their role.This unique role offers the chance to be part of a growing teamwithin our outpatient Pharmacies at Stoke Mandeville.This will enable you to develop your career in a fast-paced environment, whilst providing a customer focused and critical service to patients. You will be supported with the right training to ensure that you have the skills and knowledge required for working in a hospital setting.
The chosen candidate will receive in house training, including labelling and dispensing of Outpatient prescriptions, ordering medication and the use of JAC medicine management system.
Students, trainees and other suitable working patterns will be considered. The post holder will be required to work cross sites to provide holiday and sickness cover within our outpatient Pharmacies at Amersham, Stoke Mandeville, and High Wycombe.
Why colleagues think we are"a great place to work!"
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
All Outpatient Pharmacies across Amersham, Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe are run by Buckinghamshire Health Projects Ltd (BHPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Pharmacy@Bucks provides dispensing services from outpatient prescriptions issued by BHT and advice to BHT staff and visitors, with the option to provide OTC medicines in the near future.
Since the start of Pharmacy@Bucks, we have seen the professional development of our keen staff members, ranging from Pharmacy Assistants, Technicians and ACPTs to Pharmacist Managers and Lead Pharmacists.
Qualifications
GCSE Grade C/4 or equivalent in English, Science and Maths
Desired -NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services or GPhC accredited equivalent course.
Benefits
Your hard work and contributions will be recognised with the benefits offered via BHPL, including a discretionary annual bonus, 33 days annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro-rata, competitive company pension scheme, further career development and many more company benefits.
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This advert closes on Sunday 13 Oct 2024