Pharmacy Dispensary Assistant Technical Officer/Dispenser

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 15 May 2025

Job summary

37.5 hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer - Dispenser, to join the dedicated team delivering dispensing and ward services from the Pharmacy department.

You will be based on rotation in the dispensary at The James Cook University Hospital(JCUH) participating in the dispensing services under the management of the Dispensary Manager and in one of our clinical teams working on the wards under the supervision of pharmacy ward leads.

Main duties of the job

You will be dispensing a wide variety of prescription types including controlled drugs, prescription only medicines and unlicensed drugs for the inpatients of JCUH and the community hospitals.

You will be expected to have experience of dispensing to L2 pharmacy services standard, have knowledge of a broad range of drugs and be familiar with pharmacy law and professional practice from either hospital or community setting.

Candidates are eligible to apply if they are working towards the L2 dispensing certificate and will have completed this by the end of 2024.

The successful candidate will work full time hours 08.30-17:00 Monday - Friday. They will also be included in dispensary and extended/out-of-hours rotas, which are currently:

Weekend working once every 5 weeks (09:00-17:00) Saturday and Sunday, reimbursed with a full weekday off the following week
Late night working once every 2 weeks (09:00-17:30) instead of 08.30-17:00
Contribution to bank holiday working rota

The busy pharmacy dept. at JCUH has a team of over 200 staff including clinical pharmacists, technicians and support staff providing medicines management, dispensing, and logistic services to the general and specialist areas of the JCUH site and a number of community hospitals. The pharmacy department provides a stimulating, friendly and professionally rewarding environment for staff to develop their career.

Please note this post will close at sufficient applicants.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CD-7153772

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

L2 Pharmacy Services including dispensing or equivalent certificate. Or working towards
GCSE level - English & Maths A-C/4-9 or Level 2 Maths and English

Knowledge

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills, both verbal & written.
Proven experience of Standard Operating procedures.
Broad pharmacy product knowledge

Experience

Essential

Recent record of accurate dispensing in hospital / community pharmacies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

L2 Pharmacy Services including dispensing or equivalent certificate. Or working towards
GCSE level - English & Maths A-C/4-9 or Level 2 Maths and English

Knowledge

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills, both verbal & written.
Proven experience of Standard Operating procedures.
Broad pharmacy product knowledge

Experience

Essential

Recent record of accurate dispensing in hospital / community pharmacies

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.