Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Bank Staff

Job overview

Pharmacy Services at Maidstone Hospital are modern and proactive and are highly regarded in the Trust.

The Main Pharmacy is in a modern purpose built department complete with fully automated dispensary and excellent training facilities.

For more information on our departments please visit www.mtw.nhs.uk

The Trust has a free staff bus service between Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital (staff can get on/off the bus at any stop along the route) and a newly introduced park and ride system nearby both hospitals.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity to join our High Cost Drug and Homecare Pharmacy team.

You will be part of a small but important and essential pharmacy team. We provide a high standard of service to the Trust caring for our patients who receive medication via our homecare service.

You will help assist the team in the management of Homecare prescriptions which includes ensuring that the relevant information is added to local databases and that prescriptions and invoices are processed in a timely manner.

You will also assist in Immunoglobulin treatments dispensed at the Trust and other Hospitals across our region and help maintain National and Trust immunoglobulin records.

Computer experience would be an advantage, with some Excel and Word skills. You will be trained to use the Pharmacy dispensing computer system, national immunoglobulin and other High Cost Drug databases.

You should enjoy working as part of a team, but must also be capable of working independently. You must also be accurate, numerate, highly organised, have high attention to detail and possess good communication skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.

Please note: This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship. In line with the UK Immigration Rules and Home Office Sponsorship Guidance, employers may only sponsor individuals for roles that meet strict eligibility, salary, and compliance requirements. Where a role does not meet these criteria, organisations are prohibited from assigning a Certificate of Sponsorship. Applicants must therefore already hold a valid immigration status and ongoing right to work in the UK in order to be considered.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.