We have full time and part time vacancies for Pharmacy Support Workers within the Pharmacy Department at Scunthorpe General Hospital.
The job involves mainly working within various areas of the Pharmacy department to ensure medicines are available as ward stock or for individual patients, they also support the ward-based teams who work on the front line in a patient-facing role.
Stores & Distribution
The duties will involve all aspects of pharmacy stores including the receipt of goods, filling ward stock orders and on the wards carrying out a ward stock top up and pack away service. This will include some manual handling of bulk stock.
Dispensary
Dispensing for the inpatients is another core part of the role, working in the main dispensary. Please note there is minimal patient contact in this role.
We require the candidates to be experienced in dispensing and you must hold an 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 will be required.
The successful candidate will need to be flexible and have the ability to work in a busy and demanding working environment. You will need to be enthusiastic with good communication skills. Computer literacy would be an advantage.
The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly in supporting the Trust’s directive of seven-day working, participating in rotas and/or shift working as necessary including weekend and bank holiday working.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Peart Job title: Specialist Pharmacy Technician Email address: sarah.peart@nhs.net Telephone number: 03033 302395
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