Senior Pharmacy Support Worker

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.  Please see the Job Description for the details of the role.  UHS Pharmacy employs over 400 staff and around one third of them are Pharmacy Support Workers who are fundamental i supporting the provision of Pharmacy services in a range of roles.

We have an excellent track record of supporting staff development and career progression and many of our support workers progress to more advanced positions within the department, including trainee technician posts and senior support worker posts.  If you are a hard-working, reliable person who is keen to learn and progress, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to advance your Pharmacy career.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.

Due to the nature of this role and service, this role is on-site and the hours are as advertised.

Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service.

We are looking for two Senior Pharmacy Support Workers to work across our sites.  One post will be based in the inpatient dispensary at the SGH site, and the other will be a rotational role covering both dispensaries at SGH and RSH.  The pharmacy dispensary provides inpatient and discharge medicines to a variety of patients at Southampton General Hospital.

You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers, who work together to provide an excellent service to our patients.  Excellent communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work accurately under pressure. Our support workers work Monday to Friday, typically starting at 9am and finishing at 5.15pm.

Support workers in Southampton General Hospital Dispensary also work at least one late shift per week, starting later in the morning and finishing by 7pm.

Our support workers also work on weekends on a rota basis; currently no more frequently than one shift in six weeks.

Your main tasks in the dispensary would include:

• Supervising and training Pharmacy Support Workers.
• Producing labels and dispensing medicines for patients to use in hospital and on discharge.
• Working on the Pharmacy Reception, helping nurses and patients with queries and passing on information to the relevant person (pharmacists/technicians).
• Contributing to the department's stock management, such as ordering, receiving and maintaining the medicines used by the dispensary.
• Use of the dispensing robot to retrieve medicine.

Applicants must have, or be working towards, a GPhC approved qualification (level 2+).

Unfortunately we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. For further details regarding this post or informal visits please contact: Geethika Guruge,.