Outpatient Pharmacy Dispenser

Job summary

Salary £24,937 STHM T&Cs (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT AN AfC POST)

Hours: 39 hours full time, flexible hours including late night (until 9pm), weekend & bank holiday working on a rota basis.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Outpatient Pharmacy Dispenser to join a dedicated team working in the outpatient's pharmacy at James Cook University Hospital. The post holder will be a key member of the outpatient's pharmacy team, making major contributions to the daily workflow to ensure outstanding quality services for customers and service users.

Under the leadership of the Pharmacy Manager, the successful candidates will deliver outstanding services, ensuring that these are provided in accordance with the relevant professional, ethical, legal and locally agreed policies, procedures and standards.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will work to accurately select and label medications from prescriptions. In addition, the post holder will provide relevant and professional counselling and advice to customers and service users. Other responsibilities include providing expert advice on over the counter products, operating tills and IT systems, receiving, storing, rotating and ordering stock as necessary.

We are looking for a motivated and positive individual who can contribute to the efficiency of the outpatient pharmacy services, with outstanding customer satisfaction and communication skills. Applying candidates should be strong team players, be flexible to change and have confidence to effectively liaise with other health care professionals in a hospital setting.

Applicants must have a BTec/NVQ level 2 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent and previous dispensing experience.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

Your Leadership Impact

Service Improvement for Beginners

After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bite-size programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.