Pharmacy Assistant
Guildford Hospital | Full Time | Permanent
Competitive depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Our Pharmacy department at Guildford Hospital currently have a opportunity for a pharmacy assistant .
Working with leading consultants, we offer a wide range of complex surgery, and services for preventing, diagnosing and treating many medical conditions. Our fifty room ward provides care for patients undergoing a range of operations and procedures. In addition, we provide inpatient palliative care and also have four acute dependency beds to support the needs of higher dependency patients. The working atmosphere is highly professional, yet friendly and collaborative. Easily accessible from the A3 or M25, we’re about 1.5 miles from the town center.
As the largest not-for-profit healthcare organisation in the UK, our focus is on building healthier futures for everyone. Our pioneering approach puts us at the leading edge of health and wellbeing services. Bringing together clinical, prevention and cure with fitness and wellbeing services, we work to provide expert care through our network across the UK. Work with us and, together, we can improve the health of the nation.
Our employee benefits include free membership of our Fitness & Wellbeing centers and a free private healthcare package.
The opportunity
1. Within the hospital the pharmacy department. As our Pharmacy Assistant you will:
2. To monitor stock levels within the Pharmacy department to maintain appropriate stock levels
3. To assist with the procurement of pharmaceutical stock for the pharmacy and other departments using appropriate electronic systems
4. To receive goods in appropriately checking against purchase orders/delivery notes, dealing with issues/anomalies as they arise and escalating appropriately
5. To review invoice queries as appropriate
6. To assist in the dispensing of medicines accurately selecting the correct quantity of medicine required and assembling, labelling and processing them in a safe, efficient and timely manner
The person
7. To succeed as a pharmacy assistant, you will need:
8. Good standard of general education, with proven literacy and numeracy.
9. Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Pharmacy Service Skills / GPhC recognised equivalent qualification or ability to work towards a qualification which would be commenced within 3 months of employment and completed within an agreed timescale
10. Some experience within a pharmacy environment or healthcare background
11. IT Skills
12. Good communication skills
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital provides high-quality healthcare working with leading Consultants to offer a range of services and treatments for preventing, diagnosing and treating a wide array of medical conditions and offer a wide range of complex surgery and services. We are proud to have received a "good" rating from the health care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our facilities include 49 en-suite patient bedrooms, 4 operating theatres, acute dependency and oncology units. We’ve been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark for cancer care and our Endoscopy service has achieved JAG accreditation. Our site is shared with an NHS Trust hospital, giving us access to their facilities. The working atmosphere is highly professional and stimulating, yet friendly and collaborative like that of a large family unit.
The hospital is easily accessible from the A3 or M25 and we are located about 1.5 miles from Guildford town centre.
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