Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (09:15-13:00 Saturday and Sunday 1in 8, 1 bank holiday per year)
- Job ref
- 251-FCSS990
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Pharmacy Assistant/Porter
Band 2
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Pharmacy Assistant – Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Base site Pharmacy - Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. With possible working at other HHFT sites depending on requirements.
Role Description:
We are looking to recruit a Pharmacy Assistant to work in our busy but friendly team based in pharmacy. The role involves performing ward top ups, goods in, order picking and receiving medical gases. This position is vital to maintain the care of our patients and has close working relationships with the trust’s ward staff and pharmacy colleagues based at our other sites.
You must be willing to work hard, be able to manage your own work load as well as meeting the needs of our service users. Working patterns: Full time with flexible working pattern depending on minimum number of hours per week.
Main duties of the job
The role involves performing ward top ups, goods in, order picking and receiving medical gases. This position is vital to maintain the care of our patients and has close working relationships with the trust’s ward staff and pharmacy colleagues based at our other sites.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Computer literate
- Physical Fitness
- Customer Service Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS Experience
- Telephone Experience
- Evidence of stock control
Essential
Essential criteria
- Flexible base site
- Good with people
- Ability to work with others
Desirable criteria
- 5 GCSE's A-C
- EDCL
- Evidence of stock control
Essential
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently.
- Able to work weekends
- Information Governance knowledge.
Desirable criteria
- Able to cover late deliveries on a rota basis
- Pharmacy Experience
- Driving License
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Webster
- Job title
- Senior Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01962 824440
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