Band 2/3 Senior Pharmacy Assistant (Development)

Job summary

Are you seeking a career within Pharmacy Services or maybe you're a current Pharmacy Assistant seeking a new challenge within a new discipline - Read on to find out how the landscape of University Hospitals Birmingham is changing in 2024.

This is an exciting time for UHB at Solihull Hospital, the new elective hub will see an extra 11,500 operations every year, a new surgical ward and expansion to our support services and departments. Demand on our front door at Heartlands Hospital continues and with that our teams need to expand to ensure we best support those patients that rely on us.

We are now inviting applications for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the Solihull or Heartlands Pharmacy team to be based within our Minor Injuries Unit (Solihull) or Emergency Department (Heartlands). There is one full-time position based at Solihull Hospital and one full-time position based at Heartlands Hospital.

We can offer a Band 2 Pharmacy Technical Officer role, supporting you to develop the core competencies needed to carry out the full range of duties through work experience and mentorship. This will result in the completion of NVQ Level 2 Certificate in Pharmacy Service Skills and on the job/tailored training activities.

Progression to Band 3 will follow the successful completion of all training and sign off on all of the specific job responsibilities -- likely to take around 12 months. With two development opportunities available there is no better time to join us.

Main duties of the job

Success in this role will see a need for flexibility and being comfortable with changes in routine, responding to the needs of the service by providing medicines management support to our Minor Injuries Unit (Solihull) or Emergency Department (Heartlands).

For further information about the role please contact Maxine Bradshaw (Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Optimisation) on 07920 507802.

You will be involved in the organising stock, working with the multi-disciplinary team, and general Pharmacy duties. This role would suit someone who is committed to providing high quality patient safety focused care whilst utilising excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work within a large team.

Your role will involve:

* Stock control

* Reviewing stock lists

* Organising the medication cabinets

* Reception and telephones duties

* Date checking

* Supporting local audits within the department

* Working within a large multi-disciplinary team

* Supporting the training and supervision of other support staff

* Dispensing for in and out-patients

* Participating in late nights, weekends, and bank holidays

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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