Pharmacy Assistant/Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

The role consists of supporting with running of the pharmacy dispensary including covering reception, using the pharmacy tracking system, bagging medication ready for deliveries, putting away stocks into the pharmacy robot and medication shelves, filing prescriptions and paperwork, expiry date checking and other general house keeping duties.

On completion of training, you will be dispensing a wide variety of prescription types including controlled drugs, prescription only medicines and unlicensed drugs for the inpatients of JCUH and the community hospitals.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

The busy pharmacy dept. at JCUH has a team of over 200 staff including clinical pharmacists, technicians and support staff providing medicines management, dispensing and logistic services to the general and specialist areas of the JCUH site and a number of community hospitals. The pharmacy department provides a stimulating, friendly and professionally rewarding environment for staff to develop their career.

Qualifications & Training

Essential: - English and Maths Level 2 Functional skills / GCSE Grade A-C/9-4

Knowledge & Skills

Essential: - IT skills; - Good communication skills

Experience

Essential: - Team working