Overview
Pharmacy Assistant
Full Time - 37.5 Hours
Rivers Hospital, Sawbridgeworth
Ramsay Health Care's Rivers Hospital in Sawbridgeworth has a vacancy for a Pharmacy Assistant to join the Pharmacy department. This is a full-time 37.5 hour role to support the Pharmacy team in the provision of pharmacy services for the hospital.
Responsibilities
As a key member of the department, you will support the Pharmacy Manager and Team Leader in the provision of pharmacy services, including ordering, stock control and preparation of drugs and medicines. This will include providing advice to patients and clinical staff on pharmaceutical products (within the limits of your role), and ensuring accurate, legal dispensing and issuing of prescriptions for inpatients and outpatients.
Qualifications and Essential Criteria
* We require you to have clear and confident communication skills, be patient focused and have a warm, considerate and empathetic character
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as independently
* The ability to make decisions and use your initiative
* Passion to deliver excellent care in a rewarding and emotionally challenging environment
* A flexible and positive attitude
* NVQ2 Certificate in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
* The candidate must have a sound educational background having GCSE level C or above (or equivalent) or proven numeracy/literacy skills to an acceptable level
What We Offer
* 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
* Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options
* Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
* Flexible shift patterns available where possible
* Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies (launched 2023)
* Private Healthcare for you and dependents includes online GP
* Life Assurance (Death in Service)
* Free Training and Development via the Academy
* Free Parking on site for workers (where possible)
* Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)
* Over 8,000 discounts and special offers via benefits portal
* Book discounted cinema tickets on the dedicated cinema portal
* The Blue Light Card Scheme
About Us
We're Ramsay Health Care UK. With 35 hospitals, 7,600 staff and 200,000 patients treated every year, we're one of the leading independent healthcare providers in England. We deliver a wide and comprehensive range of specialised clinical services from routine to complex surgery, day case procedures, cancer care, diagnostic services and physiotherapy. We also have three standalone decontamination units essential to supporting our clinical outcomes. 94% of our facilities are rated 'Good' by the CQC, and we are proud of the high quality of our staff and our strong relationships with doctors and the NHS.
We're part of a global hospital group with over 60 years' experience operating in 11 countries. As people caring for people, our ethos helps make a difference in the lives of millions. Our people are our most important asset and are key to our success and growth.
We care. It's more than what we do, it's who we are. Everything we do is about delivering the best care. This has been true since we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
"The Ramsay Way" culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and has been key to our ongoing success.
We are proud to support the UK's Armed Forces and Reservists and have achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD's Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in the workplace. We are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and our staff as well as our patients.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.
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