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Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and personable senior pharmacy assistant to join our pharmacy team.  

We are based at Prospect Park Hospital in Tilehurst, Reading and you will work with a team of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Assistants and our Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists.  

Pharmacy opening hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.  

You should have experience of working in a pharmacy environment and completed your NVQ Level 2 in pharmacy services or be willing to undertake and complete this award whilst in post. 

You will assist in procuring the supply of medicines for our patients / service users and complete essential tasks in stock management and distribution services for ensuring the supply of medicines reaches all the wards and departments for our services across Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust  

You will have excellent communication skills, be personable, approachable and enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team. 

Main duties of the job

• Completing ward stock top-ups for BHFT wards and departments throughout Berkshire 

• Procuring medicines, medical gases and nonmedicinal supplies from suppliers and wholesalers and associated booking in and storage of medicines 

• Completing pharmacy financial processes 

• Ordering and supplying FP10HPs to prescribers within BHFT. 

• Problem solving 

• Distribution of medicines throughout Berkshire 

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

No agencies to contact Berkshire Healthcare directly please.