Pharmacy Support Worker - Support Services

Job overview

Pharmacy Support Worker - Support Services  (Band 2 progressing to Band 3 after achievement of level 2 qualification  and related experience)

Are you looking to start a varied and exciting career where patient care is at the heart of everything we do? Are you friendly, methodical, hard working with a good eye for detail? Then we may have the job for you.

We are offering an opportunity for the right candidate to step into the exciting field of hospital pharmacy services.  As a Pharmacy Support Worker, you will learn the essential core skills and behaviour’s of pharmacy professionals by embarking on a qualification in Pharmacy Service Skills. Once qualified and after a period of experience you will progress to Senior Pharmacy Support Worker (Band 3).

We welcome applications from individuals with or without pharmacy experience. Holders of an appropriate pharmacy qualification will not be required to undertake the qualification and will progress to Senior Pharmacy Support Worker after a period of appropriate experience and completion of all relevant competencies as listed in the person specification.

School and college leavers are welcome to apply as is anyone looking for a rewarding career change.

This varied role will involve a rotation between our Stores and Dispensary departments. This post holder will be required to undertake regular repetitive manual handling of loads of approximately 10kg to 15kg.

Previous applicants do not need to apply

Main duties of the job

Learning how to label and dispense individual patient medication is core in the dispensary. The role also involves some clerical duties, including booking in prescriptions, passing invoices for payment, answering the telephone etc. Whilst working in stores you will be an essential part of stock distribution assisting in minimising waste at pharmacy and ward level and saving nursing time. At ward level after training, you will regularly visit dedicated ward areas to monitor stock levels and expiry dates, working closely with nursing staff.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.