Pharmacy and Ward Based Assistant

Job overview

I am very keen to hear from you if you are an experienced Pharmacy Assistant looking to expand your skillset with a move from Community into Hospital Pharmacy, or are looking to progress further in your career within a Hospital setting.

Ideally you will have obtained your Specialist BTEC Level 2 Principles and Practices for Pharmacy Support Staff Pharmacy Service Skills NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent GPhC recognised qualification), although this is not essential and support through the qualification process can be provided (successful applicants who do not hold the required qualification will be paid at band 2, rising to band 3 on successful completion of the qualification).

Many of our staff progress from this level to become Pharmacy Technicians or take other roles within the wider Pharmacy team. This position is a blended role involving both the dispensary, and multidisciplinary working with various clinical teams on a rotational basis.

The Dispensary team are supported by ever evolving Technology, with electronic prescribing and a robot to support the labelling and dispensing of medications. The successful applicant will be trained in the full use of the robotic system. Key duties of this role include dispensing medicines according to procedure, using the Pharmacy computer system to produce dispensing labels, preparation of emergency drug boxes, maintaining accurate medication records and assisting in efficient stock control management.

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Key roles include:

• Opportunity to work in both ward and dispensary area.
• Work in reception area taking in prescriptions
• Delivery of high-quality pharmacy services for out-patients 
• Labelling and dispensing prescriptions
• To be aware of and be involved in customer service
• Working as part of a team
• Returning ward stock.
• Assisting the wards with stock management
• Relocation of patients own medication.

 About you:

• You will respond to enquiries and requests from staff, patients and carers and ensure appropriate and accurate information is readily available, and to escalate questions and problems to other members of the pharmacy team when needed. You will be expected to form good working relationships with staff from all the different groups within the Clinical and Pharmacy team.
• You should ideally have experience of working as a qualified Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant, using computer systems for dispensing and stock control and have good communication, be well organised and able to use your own initiative.
• This post would suit somebody with either a hospital pharmacy background, or with community pharmacy experience wishing to make a change into the hospital environment, for which appropriate training will be provided. You must have successfully achieved the relevant units of pharmacy services skills NVQ level 2 (QCF) or an equivalent GPhC accredited training programme.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here  www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

The dispensary team is a friendly and hardworking team of 28 staff ranging from Apprentice Assistants, to band 7 Technicians, this role is ideal for gaining that experience to progress further in your career.

This is a Part-time position, 22.5 hours per week Wednesday-Friday, 9:00-17:15. Flexible working options would also be considered.  You will also be required to participate in weekend working on a 1:6 rota basis, bank holiday, early and late duty rotas as per rota.