Job Summary
We provide a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to all our mental health, learning disability and neurological rehabilitation inpatient teams. We also provide services to community mental health teams, crisis teams, and other specialist services throughout the region.
Our Dispensary services team provide dispensing services to inpatients, community patients and day cases, and support to ward based clinical pharmacy teams which includes dispensing for discharge on wards and medicines topping up services.
The pharmacy team works across four main bases, in Cumbria, Northumberland, Newcastle and Sunderland and the postholder may, very occasionally, be required to travel between bases. Our operating hours are Monday to Friday 08.30 to 17.00.
Main duties of the job
A vacancy has arisen for a Dispensing Assistant (Assistant Technical Officer) within the Pharmacy Department, based at St.George's Hospital in Morpeth, Northumberland. The successful candidate will ideally have Pharmacy experience, excellent communication and team working skills as well as being self-motivated, enthusiastic and have a flexible approach to their work.
To be eligible to join us in this exciting role you will already hold, be working towards or be willing to study for an NVQ2 Certificate in Pharmacy Services or equivalent, with appropriate GCSE qualifications in Mathematics and English.
About Us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
CNTW values and respects the diversity of its employees and aims to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief (with the exception of Chaplaincy posts), sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Job Description
Responsibilities
Job responsibilities include:
1. Ability to plan, organise and deliver service objectives.
2. Excellent communication skills.
3. Good analytical, judgmental and interpersonal skills to ensure timely supply of medicines to wards according to a pre-determined schedule.
Qualifications Essential
* GCSE Maths and English
* NVQ Level 2 in pharmacy services
* Underpinning knowledge- equivalent to NVQ 3 standard
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Employer details
Employer name: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St Georges Park Hospital, Morpeth, NE61 2NU
Employer's website: https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ #J-18808-Ljbffr