Pharmacy Assistant

**Pharmacy Assistant | Pharmacy | Part time - 16 hours pw | Blackpool |**

Spire Fylde Coast Hospital are now recruiting a Pharmacy Assistant to join their warm and friendly team. You will primarily be responsible for Stock management with some dispensing duties. The role is working 16 hours per week, Monday and Tuesday 9am - 5pm.

Spire Fylde Coast Hospital is based in the seaside town of Blackpool. We have 3 operating theatres undertaking a wide range of procedures in Orthopaedics, ENT, Spines, Ophthalmic, Urology, Vascular, Gynaecology, Endoscopy, Plastics and General Surgery.

**Duties and responsibilities;**
- Providing stock supply services across all clinical departments
- Ensure medicines are stored correctly according to the manufacturer recommendations. Assist with the control and monitoring of medicines stored in the pharmacy. Ensure stock rotation and the identification of short dated and expired medicines.
- Maintain records of the purchase, storage and supply of medicines in compliance with legal and professional requirements and in accordance with Spire Healthcare policies and procedures.
- Receive medicines and check against the order correctly identifying any errors, taking the appropriate action
- Sourcing products, liaising with other departments, hospitals and wholesalers
- Accurately dispense medicines for patients according to their prescription, ensuring each is checked by a pharmacist..
- Communicate effectively to ensure others can carry out their work efficiently.
- This role will involve manual handling

**Who we're looking for;**
- Pharmaceutical experience
- Positive, can do attitude
- Scottish/National Vocational Qualification (S/NVQ) Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
- Experience in hospital or community pharmacy

**Working Hours**:16 hours per week, Monday & Tuesday 9am-5pm

**Contract Type: Permanent**

**Benefits**

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Free Bupa wellness screening
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance

**Our Values**

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

**_For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people._**

About Us: At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to _'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care' _. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

About the Team: At Spire Fylde Coast Hospital, we provide comprehensive diagnostic services and treatments in a comfortable and relaxed private hospital environment. We offer fast access to high-quality healthcare with consultants who are experts in their field.