Pharmacy Aseptic Services Unit Senior Assistant
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Job summary
Pharmacy Aseptic Services Unit Senior Assistant
We are looking for someone new to join our Pharmacy Cancer Services Team which includes Pharmacists, Technicians and Assistants. We are committed to providing a safe and efficient service for our patients. This is an exciting time to join our team, as we have recently been issued a LOW risk rating during our last external audit.
No previous Pharmacy experience is required for this Pharmacy Assistant role as training will be given. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail, good written and verbal communication, the ability to work alone and as part of a team and a desire to learn new skills. A high level of manual dexterity is required for some aspects of this role.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be involved in all aspects of the supply of chemotherapy to the wards at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and our satellite units. The postholder will be responsible of:
- Transcription of details from prescriptions onto a computer system which will generate worksheets and labels.
- Assembling raw materials and consumables used for the preparation of chemotherapy.
- Sanitising (disinfecting) products to be passed into the cleanroom suite.
- Working in an isolator to prepare chemotherapy.
- Cleaning the cleanroom suite and equipment.
- Physical and microbiological monitoring of the clean environment.
- Ordering, receiving, quality checking and dispensing outsourced chemotherapy products.
- Dispensing oral medications for our patients.
The successful candidate will undertake a Level 2 qualification that is relevant to the role. When applying please include all of your qualifications and grades from GCSE onwards.
About us
We are one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country - serving a population of more than 500,000 people - and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire.
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, play, and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Details
Date posted
29 January 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
193-5990563NCG
Job locations
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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