Pharmacy Assistant

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary pharmacy team,

collaborating closely with Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy

Assistants to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

The role offers the opportunity to gain experience across a

range of pharmacy services and functions, providing a broad understanding of

hospital pharmacy operations.

Applicants must be able to work accurately and efficiently,

demonstrate excellent attention to detail, and adapt to a variety of tasks

within a busy working environment. Flexibility, teamwork, and the ability to

meet deadlines are essential to the successful delivery of the service.

For main duties of the role please read the attached Job

Description and Person Specification.

Duties are varied and may include

Picking, packing and assembling medicines in stock distribution.

Pharmacy stores receiving and processing orders.

Manning the reception within the dispensary, speaking to both staff and patients and dealing with queries.

Supplying medicines to wards and departments by means of a top-up.

Picking intravenous fluids

Duties within our sterile preparation suites.

Delivery of medication to wards and departments.

Replenishing specialist emergency boxes

Participate in established Bank Holiday and Weekend Rotas until the introduction of 7 day working when contracted hours will be undertaken over 7 days.

Part Time hours will be paid pro-rata.

Please refer to the full Job description for more detail.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large

acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute

services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a

larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from

three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our

caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred

care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to

work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our

everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise

accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working

within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a

DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check

(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting

Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Knowledge and Skills

Qualifications

Experience