Job summary
Join our pharmacy team and play a key role in keeping our medicines management service running smoothly within the prison. You'll support the safe and timely movement of medication, equipment and records across the establishment, help maintain well-organised pharmacy areas, and carry out essential administrative tasks. Working closely with pharmacy and healthcare colleagues, you'll contribute to a reliable, efficient and secure service for patients every day.
Main duties of the job
Key duties include:
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Supporting the secure movement of medication across the prison
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Maintaining well-organised and fully stocked pharmacy areas
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Assisting with stock management, date checking and temperature monitoring
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Carrying out a range of administrative tasks
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Providing general portering support to pharmacy and healthcare teams
Further duties will be discussed at interview.
About us
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Annual leave on your Birthday
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role. Further duties will be explained at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role. Further duties will be explained at interview.
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Good standard of numeracy and literacy. Willingness to undertake any training relevant to the role
Desirable
- Health and Safety certificate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a related customer/patient focussed environment
Desirable
- Previous experience in a healthcare environment working as a porter
- Previous experience in a pharmacy environment
- Previous experience of working in a secure environment
- Knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Able to develop and maintain positive working relationships with a wide range of people
- Effective organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own workload
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
- Basic Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional attitude
- Commitment to own professional development including compliance with mandatory and statutory training
- Ability to work under pressure and remain calm, and courteous in challenging situations
- Non-judgmental attitude treating others with courtesy and respect at all times
- Demonstrates Spectrum's values
Other Requirements
Essential
- Flexible in approach to tasks
- undertaken Flexibility with regard to patterns and places of work
- Comply with the Infection, Prevention & Control Standards Precaution Policy
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Good standard of numeracy and literacy. Willingness to undertake any training relevant to the role
Desirable
- Health and Safety certificate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a related customer/patient focussed environment
Desirable
- Previous experience in a healthcare environment working as a porter
- Previous experience in a pharmacy environment
- Previous experience of working in a secure environment
- Knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Able to develop and maintain positive working relationships with a wide range of people
- Effective organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own workload
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
- Basic Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional attitude
- Commitment to own professional development including compliance with mandatory and statutory training
- Ability to work under pressure and remain calm, and courteous in challenging situations
- Non-judgmental attitude treating others with courtesy and respect at all times
- Demonstrates Spectrum's values
Other Requirements
Essential
- Flexible in approach to tasks
- undertaken Flexibility with regard to patterns and places of work
- Comply with the Infection, Prevention & Control Standards Precaution 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.