Pharmacy Assistant

Kickstart your career and join our outstanding Pharmacy team!

This post is an excellent gateway to a technical pharmacy career - see the 'Career Pathway' document below for more details.

The Pharmacy Department is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Pharmacy Assistant to support us in the Goods-Receipt & Distribution areas of the service. This is an opportunity to join our friendly, committed team and learn new skills in a dynamic, supportive environment. As the successful candidate you will need to be self-motivated, able to concentrate on detailed tasks and understand the importance of working to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

We will provide you with a comprehensive in house training programme and support you to complete the Buttercups Stock Management course; if you do not already have this or an equivalent.

Standard NHS conditions of service apply.

To assist in the smooth running of the assigned area of Pharmacy under direction and supervision of Senior Technicians.

To provide a ward top up service for the supply of stock items to the ward.

In the Stores and Distribution operate the topping-up system for supply of pharmacy items to wards, departments and clinics.

To provide drugs to be used in emergency situations and to participate in the preparation of over-labelled patient packs of drugs for issue to the patient on discharge.

The post holder will participate in general stores and distribution activities to include ward deliveries, stock management and receipt/storage of goods.

In the Aseptic Unit undertake tasks to assist in the smooth running of daily activities, and undertake planned Aseptic work under the supervision of the Senior and Lead.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Foy-Coley Job title: Principal Pharmacy Technician Email address: louise.foycoley@swft.nhs.uk

01926 495321 Ext 4483