Rotational Pharmacy Assistant

Job summary

Rotational Pharmacy Assistant

The Inpatient Pharmacy at the Royal Berkshire Hospital has an exciting opportunity for Pharmacy Assistant to join our Pharmacy team. We are looking for hard-working and highly motivated individuals to join our welcoming and innovative team.

Here in Pharmacy we strive to deliver an efficient, safe and resourceful service to our patients. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their skills in many aspects of the Pharmacy service. If you believe you are the right person for the job, we welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

Undertake duties on a rotational basis across Pharmacy Homecare, Pharmacy Stores and the multi-disciplinary Dispensary teams. Performing a range of tasks to assist and support the provision of a variety of Pharmacy services.

To work as part of the multi-disciplinary dispensary team when participating in the weekend and bank holiday rotas, including booking prescriptions onto the prescription tracking system.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

This job description is not exhaustive and will be subject to periodic review in association with the post holder.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Customer service experience

Desirable

• Experience in pharmacy: hospital or community
• Experience in hospital pharmacy stock distribution and top-up service
• Experience using JAC computer system

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential

• GCSEs at level 4-9 (grade A* - C or equivalent) in Maths, English Language and 2 Science subjects

Desirable

• NVQ and BTEC Level 2 in Pharmacy Services, OR willing to work towards qualification