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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (TBC on appointment)
Job ref
110-ACS405-1124
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
HMP Parc
Town
Bridgend
Salary
£24,433 - £26,060 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Pharmacy Assistant

Band 3

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable. 

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and conscientious pharmacy assistant to join our busy prison pharmacy team. Previous hospital or prison pharmacy experience would be beneficial but are not essential as full training will be given.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a pharmacy assistant to join our friendly pharmacy team at HMP & YOI Parc.  This is an exciting role in a unique sector of pharmacy practice. The post holder will be required to assist with the dispensing and supply of medication as well as the receipt, processing, storage and stock control of medicines in the pharmacy department and on wings within the establishment. Duties also include participating in the wing based medicines management service, assessing patients own medicines, and organising supplies of medication.

If you are a proactive, organised team player we'd love to hear from you. This post would suit somebody with a hospital or community pharmacy background, who is looking to make a move into a secure environment setting. All training will be provided.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

 

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Experience to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent level of skills, knowledge and/or training and experience
Desirable criteria
  • Current knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a team
Desirable criteria
  • Working experience in a prison pharmacy environment
  • Working experience in Pharmacy and Dispensing

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveDisability confident leaderStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Megan Jenks
Job title
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01656 300235
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