About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about healthcare and ready to make a difference behind the scenes? We're looking for a dedicated Pharmacy Support Worker to help ensure the safe, efficient, and timely supply of medicines to patients.
You'll be part of a supportive team committed to improving patient care. We offer training, development opportunities, and a chance to grow your career in pharmacy services.
Join our dynamic team and play a key role in delivering safe, efficient, and patient-focused medicines management across our healthcare services.
Main duties of the job
The Pharmacy Support Worker carries out duties in support of pharmacists and pharmacytechnicians and also carries out general and administrative duties within the dispensary.
Dispensing of medicines for inpatients and outpatients including use of the pharmacy labellingand stock control computer system.
All duties will be in accordance with Trust and departmental policies and procedures.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. To participate in the day to work of the mental health unit dispensary, providing quality, accurate dispensing.2. To participate in the supply of medicines in the form of in and out-patient dispensing, including accurate prescription receipt, labelling and assembly, and ensuring prompt completion and distribution, in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.3. Contributing to the smooth running of the clozapine service.4. Ordering of stock medication for wards and distribution of medicines to the wards.5. Maintaining working stock levels of pharmaceuticals and other items, including bottles and consumables in the dispensary.6. Participating in the stock control process including stock checking, receipt and storage of medicines and other items.7. Processing the disposal of stock returned from wards and departments.8. Performing general housekeeping duties to maintain the dispensary environment to the standards required.9. Communicating with service users, carers and members of staff at the pharmacy hatch and telephone about the availability of medicines and other issues.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications Essential
Educated to GCSE or equivalent
Experience Desirable
Previous pharmacy related employment within community or hospital
Skills & Abilities Essential
Good communication skills (written and verbal). Computer literacy. Ability to plan own work and tasks within time available.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address Fulbourn Hospital
Cambridge
CB21 5EF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)