About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced, highly skilled pharmacy assistant looking to take the next step into service and staff management?
Do you feel you have more to offer and want an opportunity to manage staff and be involved in service and staff development?
If so, you could be just what we are looking for to join our friendly team!
This is a Band 4 assistant post demonstrating our continued commitment to developing the assistant role within pharmacy.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacy assistant to join our Stores and Stock Distribution Team at the Alexandra Hospital, as part of the management team.
This will be a key role in the Stores and Stock Distribution services pharmacy team, managing the service and staff as deputy to the Stores and Stock Distribution manager.
You will be a strong confident team player, demonstrate professionalism at all times, act as a role model to all our assistants, with a strong commitment to staff training, and take responsibility for ensuring the prompt, effective receipt and distribution of medicines between all three Acute Hospital sites.
Main duties of the job
Under the direction of the Stores and Stock Distribution Manager, you will manage both the Lead Pharmacy Assistants in both the Stores and Stock distribution sections of the department, and a team of assistants.
Good communication skills will be required to ensure maintaining the high level of service we provide both to the wards and also with our other pharmacy site at Worcestershire Royal.
This is a full time role based within the pharmacy.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see job description attached within the advert. For more information please contact Lisa Daly on the email provided.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills Essential
Computer skills for using pharmacy computer systems and Microsoft office software. Up to date knowledge of Health and Safety at Work
Experience Essential
Experience of successfully delivering technical pharmacy services as an assistant in a hospital or community setting.
Desirable
Experience of successfully delivering technical pharmacy services as a Senior/Lead pharmacy assistant in a hospital or community setting. Experience of receiving and issuing pharmaceutical products. Experience of leading a team and facilitating service delivery. Experience of managing of staff including workload and personnel issues.
Qualifications Essential
GCSE grade A to C in English, Maths and Science NVQ level 2 in pharmacy
Desirable
Supervisory/team leadership course
Personal qualities Essential
Able to train, lead and motivate a team.
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.
Employer details Employer name Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Alexandra Hospital
Woodrow Drive
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 7UB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)