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Job requirements
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Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Previous experience of working in hospital Pharmacy
- Experience
Customer Service
- Experience
Pharmacy labelling and strock control systems
- Personal Qualities
Ability to motivate self and others
- Personal Qualities
Demonstrate enthuasism for the position
- Personal Qualities
Ability to work under pressure accurately and in a busy environment
- Personal Qualities
methodical with attention to detail
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to work as part of a team
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Accurately dispense to set standards
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Good time management skills
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to support and train others
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to motivate self and others and demonstrate enthuasism for the position
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to communicate routine information effectively using clear written and spoken English
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to clearly and accurately complete routine documentation
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to use basis IT including Word, E-mail etc
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Demonstrate effective customer service skills
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Familiar with Pharmacy procedures and workflow
- EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION
English, Maths and Science GCSE Grand C or above or equivilant
- EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION
NVQ 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivilant (including Dispensing units) or willing to work towards
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of using JAC
Job overview
Senior Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant - Band 3
West Middlesex University Hospital
Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (West Middlesex Site)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Pharmacy Dispensary Assistant to join the Pharmacy Department Team at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust l (West Middlesex Site).
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Assistant who is willing to work within a supportive Pharmacy team keen to develop the pharmacy services. The post holder must possess excellent interpersonal, problem solving and time management skills and able to work with a wide range of professionals. The successful candidate will be based in the Dispensary and will be required to work weekends and bank holidays. Previous experience of working in a pharmacy hospital is essential.
Main duties of the job
- To manage stock control and be a super user for the Rowa
- Training rotational assistants and other grades of staffing
- Dispense medication in the Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
STOCK & INVENTORY
- Stock control management including putting stock away received from stores, rotating stock/checking expiries where relevant and performing stock control counts.
- Ensure dispensary areas are sufficiently stocked with all sundries (leaflets, cards, bottles, bags).
- Sort, count, compile and, where relevant, dispose of unsuitable medication returns.
- Carry out daily monitoring of fridge and dispensary temperatures.
- To release and order stock from Stores.
- To be a ROWA Super user and provide training where required.
- To monitor all “to follows” drugs
- General housekeeping of ROWA.
- Adjust stock/expired stock investigations.
For more information please see the attached job description.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Senior Pharmacy Assistant (Dispensary) with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Pharmacy assistant role. The advertised salary is £30,630 - £32,346 per annum incl. HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
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