Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated Band 3 pharmacy assistant to join our trust bank team at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
You will be working on wards alongside various clinical teams ward to assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department. If you're eager to expand your technical skills, enhance patient satisfaction, and make a meaningful impact within Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, this is the ideal role for you.
Main duties of the job
To assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department. This includes stock control, labelling, assembly, dispensing, and distribution of medicines that underpins our services. You will be working to specific objectives depending on the focus of the service and patient cohort, with the possibility of contributing to the out-of-hours service in the evenings or at weekends.
About us
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification documents for detailed information on the role and its requirements.
***Please note - this advert is to grow our pool of temporary staff only. As part of this recruitment process, we will interview those individuals who have been successful in submitting an application after shortlisting, and then support their application to join our Staff Bank. We will contact individuals as and when roles become available in the department***
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification documents for detailed information on the role and its requirements.
***Please note - this advert is to grow our pool of temporary staff only. As part of this recruitment process, we will interview those individuals who have been successful in submitting an application after shortlisting, and then support their application to join our Staff Bank. We will contact individuals as and when roles become available in the department***
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- GCSE in Maths/English/Science Grade (A-C) or equivalent
- Completed NVQ/QCF Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
Desirable
- BTEC Science/A Level Sciences
- NVQ/QCF Level 3 in appropriate units
Previous experience
Essential
- Previous experience working in a hospital pharmacy
- Previous experience working in a community pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous experience in stock control
- Previous experience in supervising junior members of staff
Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures/SOPs accurately
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
- Demonstrated ability to use initiative
- Demonstrated ability to work independently
- Demonstrated ability to handle queries (staff/ patients)
- Demonstrated ability to recognise priorities for day-to-day role
- Demonstrated ability to organise their own workload
- Demonstrated ability to label and dispense accurately
- Demonstrated numeracy and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with patients or colleagues
- Demonstrated IT skills including email, word processing, and accurate data entry
Desirable
- Demonstrated effective customer services skills
- Demonstrated ability to supervise and train others
- Familiar in using MS Word, Excel, and EPIC
Physical
Essential
- Ability to lift and move medicines, this will include intravenous fluids, up to 20kg in line with Manual handling policy.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- GCSE in Maths/English/Science Grade (A-C) or equivalent
- Completed NVQ/QCF Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
Desirable
- BTEC Science/A Level Sciences
- NVQ/QCF Level 3 in appropriate units
Previous experience
Essential
- Previous experience working in a hospital pharmacy
- Previous experience working in a community pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous experience in stock control
- Previous experience in supervising junior members of staff
Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures/SOPs accurately
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
- Demonstrated ability to use initiative
- Demonstrated ability to work independently
- Demonstrated ability to handle queries (staff/ patients)
- Demonstrated ability to recognise priorities for day-to-day role
- Demonstrated ability to organise their own workload
- Demonstrated ability to label and dispense accurately
- Demonstrated numeracy and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with patients or colleagues
- Demonstrated IT skills including email, word processing, and accurate data entry
Desirable
- Demonstrated effective customer services skills
- Demonstrated ability to supervise and train others
- Familiar in using MS Word, Excel, and EPIC
Physical
Essential
- Ability to lift and move medicines, this will include intravenous fluids, up to 20kg in line with Manual handling policy.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
