Pharmacy Assistant

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our team of Pharmacy Assistants at Prince Charles Hospital, working within our distribution, logistics and dispensary teams.

You will be required to work as part of the distribution, logistics and dispensary teams.

Checking ward/departments stock and replenishing to the required levels.

Covering the pharmacy goods delivery area, receiving and checking deliveries are correct.

Dispensing prescriptions for inpatient and outpatients and covering the pharmacy reception.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our team of Pharmacy Assistants at Prince Charles Hospital, working within our distribution, logistics and dispensary teams.

The successfull candidate will have evidence of a good standard of general education and have attained a GCSE grade C or above in Mathematics and English (or equivalent).  If not already held, they will be willing to work towards achieving an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services within an agreed timescale, which will mean doing a proportion of work in your own time in order to achieve this.

You will be required to work as part of the distribution, logistics and dispensary teams.

Checking ward/departments stock and replenishing to the required levels.

Covering the pharmacy goods delivery area, receiving and checking deliveries are correct.

Dispensing prescriptions for inpatient and outpatients and covering the pharmacy reception.

You will need to possess excellent communication skills, be self-motivated and willing to develop with new ways of working.

Attention to detail is important and you must be able to work as part of a team but also able to demonstrate initiative and work in a professional and timely manner.

You will need to be able to work well under pressure and have a flexible approach to the needs of the service.

Computer literacy is required although appropriate training on pharmacy systems will be provided.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This means Speaking & Listening at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2). We don’t need fluency. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see the ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below.

There is expectation to partake in the Saturday, Sundays and Bank holiday rota (1 in 6).