Apprentice Pharmacy Assistant

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

**Job overview**:
Hello

My name is Laura Burton I am the Dispensary Manager of the Pharmacy Department based at Kingfisher House, Hellesdon Hospital. I am privileged to lead our very hardworking, friendly, and committed Dispensary team in providing a dispensary service, supplying inpatient, outpatient, and discharge medication to Patients of the NSFT.

Within this role you will receive full training to qualify as a Pharmacy Assistant. You will receive training from a selected provider, Buttercups and will also receive inhouse training in all the dispensary areas. This is a wonderful opportunity to develop transferable and specialised skills and potential further development within the NHS and a pharmacy career

**Main duties of the job**:
The Apprentice role is varied, and requires flexibility in your approach to work and learning, working in both dispensary and stores and some ward work on the Hospital site.

The post holder will assist in reception duties and the general dispensing of medicines. The post holder will receive and check deliveries of pharmacy stock, assist in the invoice process, assemble stock medicines for delivery to wards/departments and assist in the return of medicines.

**Working for our organisation**:
**Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust** is one of the largest Mental Health NHS hospital trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of specialist clinical services

The Trust comprises the following hospitals:
Norfolk:
Hellesdon Hospital, The Julian Hospital, Northside Hospital, Carlton Court, Northgate Hospital, Kings Lynn

Suffolk:
Bury, Wedgewood

Ipswich, Woodlands

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.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
This is an apprenticeship training post which is for fifteen months The dispensary team is a friendly and hardworking team of staff ranging from band 3 Assistants through to band 7 Technicians.

This is a full-time dispensary-based position, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, with working hours of 8:30-16:30,

If you are interested in an informal discussion about this role, we would be very happy to hear from you. You are welcome to call the number below, or to make an appointment so that we can show you around and answer your questions.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Must be willing to complete training modules at NVQ level 2

**Desirable criteria**:
**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Working in a busy dispensary environment

**Desirable criteria**:

- NHS experience

**Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Understanding of Confidentiality

YOUR APPLICATION
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES _Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief._
- As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying._

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