Dispensing Assistant

3 weeks ago


NewarkonTrent, United Kingdom Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This individual will undergo training to enable them to deliver a high standard of dispensary based pharmacy services to our patients. There will be a requirement to travel between our Newark and Kingsmill Hospital sites during the start of your employment to enable completion of training.

**You must**:

- Hold a BTEC/NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Service Skills (or equivalent).
- Have experience working as a Dispensing Assistant.
- To label and dispense prescriptions.
- Reception Duties - Receive prescriptions from patients, carers and other Trust staff.
- Preparing medicines and drug charts to be returned to the wards and clinics.
- Filing of prescriptions.
- Counselling patients on their medications.
- Maintenance of stock, stationary and sundries in the dispensary.
- General housekeeping duties.
- Ward and department top ups of stocks - Newark only.

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

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