Pharmacy Services Assistant

The pharmacy department are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and reliable member of staff to join the existing pharmacy team. The role of Pharmacy assistant is vital in supporting safe, effective and timely patient care across the hospital by ensuring that medicines are stored, prepared and supplied accurately. This contributes to the smooth running of clinical services and the wellbeing of patients.

You will join a friendly and supportive team, working alongside pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other assistants that are willing to help, share knowledge, and work together to solve problems.

As a department we encourage diversity and actively support applicants from all backgrounds through personalised induction plans, regular supervision, clear training materials and opportunities to learn at a pace that suits their experience. We welcome discussions about shift patterns, part-time hours or adjustments that help people to fit their role around their individual circumstances whilst maintaining a high quality service., This position would rotate between dispensary and stores/distribution role. The successful applicant will be expected to cover all of the following aspects within the department:

To accept deliveries into the department and process in line with trust policy

To assist in the provision of a ward top-up service

To ensure accurate stock control of medicines and maintain the replenishment of sundries

Accurately and efficiently dispense and label medicines for Royal Papworth patients

Customer service -- greeting and assisting patients and staff who present to the department

You will be required to work closely with other members of the pharmacy team, to help deliver an efficient and effective pharmacy service to the hospital.

To successfully complete the relevant units of the NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services course

To participate in weekend, bank holiday and late evening duties

Previous experience in working in a Dispensary or pharmacy is desirable but not essential as training will be provided. Taking on a role as a pharmacy services assistant is an excellent way of starting your career in hospital pharmacy.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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