University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Pharmacy Assistant
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Job Summary
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with a flexible working approach to join our bank team, delivering a high quality patient-focused pharmacy service at Good Hope Hospital. This is a bank post, offering flexible, as-and-when shifts rather than a fixed contract.
Applications are invited from all dispensing assistants, including those who are community-based with no previous hospital experience. This is an excellent opportunity to gain hospital pharmacy experience and keep your options open with flexible bank shifts.
The successful candidate will support the smooth running of the pharmacy dispensary, stores and distribution, ensuring medication is supplied safely and accurately in a timely manner. You will undertake a broad range of duties, and full training will be given.
As a bank worker, you will join an expanding team of professional, dedicated staff aiming to provide an excellent, patient-focused service, working flexibly around your own availability.
This role would suit someone committed to high quality, patient safety-focused care, using excellent communication and interpersonal skills within a large team on a flexible bank basis.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for essential and desirable criteria.
For further information, please contact Nickola Harris -- nickola.harris@uhb.nhs.uk -- 0121 424 9336
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
The required candidates must have excellent organisational and time management skills as they will be responsible for a variety of dispensary, stores and distribution based activities as well as team leading opportunities. They will need to have good attention to detail and be happy working flexibly within a team
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
They Will
- Meet the essential criteria of the job specification
- Hold a QCF Level 2 in Pharmacy Services (formerly NVQ) Level 2 Pharmacy Assistant qualification or equivalent.
The role involves:
- Dispensing for in and out-patients
- Stock control
- Reception and telephones duties
- Checking and assembling items for ward stock
- Preparing discharge prescriptions, including blister packs
- Preparing controlled drug orders
- Topping up the emergency cupboard
- Supporting the training and supervision on pre-registration technicians and other support staff
- Team leading
- Participating in late nights, weekends and bank holidays
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade C/4 or above in Mathematics and English (or equivalent)
- NVQ level 2 Certificate in Pharmacy Service Skills (QCF), BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
or
- Accredited Dispensing Assistants Course (NPA)
Experience
Essential
- Post NVQ level 2 qualification developmental experience of a range of dispensing with formal training and annual revalidated accreditation as a dispenser
- Understanding of pharmacy related computer systems
- Understanding of Health and Safety at Work, manual handling and COSHH
- Understanding of dispensing, stock control and supply systems and processes
- Knowledge of stock control systems
- Knowledge of code of practice/customer care
- Understands the need for delivering a cost effective service and the required work practices to reduce waste
Desirable
- Previous experience within a Hospital Pharmacy setting
- Experience in staff training
- Working Knowledge of JAC pharmacy system
- Knowledge of drugs, side effects & where to find further information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Nicola Holdsworth
01214247421
Pay scheme
Other
Band
Salary
£10.42 to £15.11 Hourly
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Part-Time, Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-BANKPHARASSIS26
Job locations
Good Hope Hospital
Rectory Rd
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7RR
Attachments
Job Description
JD PS - Bank Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer.pdf – 528KB Opens in a new window
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location