Pharmacy Assistant

Trainee Pharmacy Assistant/ Qualified Pharmacy Assistant

37.5 Hours Per Week
- Permanent

£22,383 Per Annum (75% of salary for the first 12 months if undertaking NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services)

Upon completion of the apprenticeship you will receive 100% of Band 2 salary.

**Closing date**: 10th June 2023

**Interview Date**: TBC

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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This will involve processing and picking pharmaceutical stock to be issued to the wards/ clinical areas in our stock distribution area, visiting wards to conduct a pharmacy top-up service and delivering medication to and from the wards on an ad-hoc basis. You will be using the pharmacy robot and JAC computer system, whilst maintaining a clean and tidy environment.

If you do not already hold and NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent), you will be required to undertake the NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and be expected to hold GCSE's grade A-C or equivalent in Maths and English (be able to provide evidence), or be willing to achieve Functional Skills qualifications in Literacy and Numeracy as part of the Apprenticeship.

Here at George Eliot our vision to‘excel at patient care’takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

**Our benefits include but are not limited to**: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

**Benefits**: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

To receive and sign for all goods arriving at Pharmacy, check them against delivery note and copy order so as to ensure that they are correct (other than controlled drugs which must be presented to a pharmacist to check and sign receipt). To be able to identify problems with delivery and decide upon appropriate corrective action to resolve the problem in accordance with SOPs.

To record details of deliveries both manually and in pharmacy computer system so that accurate record and audit trail of correct goods received, batch numbers and expiry dates match delivery documents, any credit notes and any appropriate computer system generated paperwork, thus enabling rapid and accurate batch re-call and audit trail to be carried out by technical and professional staff, in case of product defect or checks by Finance department queries.

**Hours of Work**:
Monday to Friday - 9.00am to 5.30pm (with 1 hour lunch)

Rotational Saturdays & Sundays incl. Bank Holidays 9am to 5pm (with 30 minute lunch)

For further details, or an informal chat about the role please contact Alistair Jones

**Tel**: 024 76153296

Previous applicants need not apply.

If you are successful in being invited to attend an interview, arranging a visit to the department prior to the interview is highly recommended.