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Dispensary & Ward Based Pharmacy Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract 6 months (Fixed term until 27/02/2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-17:15, Weekends, bank holidays, early and late shifts as per rota.) Job ref 321-CSS-7381563-B3
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/08/2025 23:59
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visitwww.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
Hello!
My name is Alice Smilie, I am the Operational Manager of the John Radcliffe Pharmacy. I am privileged to lead our very hardworking, friendly, and committed Dispensary team in providing a dispensary service, supplyinginpatient,outpatient, and discharge medication to Patients of the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Pharmacy assistant with a positive outlook to support our team in ensuring that our patients receive the best service possible. The successful applicant will have previous hospital or community pharmacy experience and hold their NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy services or equivalent.
Main duties of the job
Key roles include:
* Opportunity to work in both ward and dispensary area.
* Work in reception area taking in prescriptions
* Delivery of high-quality pharmacy services for out-patients
* Labelling and dispensing prescriptions
* To be aware of and be involved in customer service
* Working as part of a team
* Returning ward stock.
* Assisting the wards with stock management
* Relocation of patients own medication.
About you:
* You will respond to enquiries and requests from staff, patients and carers and ensure appropriate and accurate information is readily available, and to escalate questions and problems to other members of the pharmacy team when needed. You will be expected to form good working relationships with staff from all the different groups within the Clinical and Pharmacy team.
* You should have experience of working as a qualified Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant, using computer systems for dispensing and stock control and have good communication, be well organised and able to use your own initiative.
* This post would suit somebody with either a hospital pharmacy background, or with community pharmacy experience wishing to make a change into the hospital environment, for which appropriate training will be provided. You must have successfully achieved the relevant units of pharmacy services skills NVQ level 2 (QCF) or an equivalent GPhC accredited training programme.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel .
The dispensary team is a friendly and hardworking team of 25 staff ranging from Apprentice Assistants, to band 7 Technicians, this role is ideal for gaining that experience to progress further in your career.
This is a full-time position, 37.5 hours per week Mon-Friday, 9:00-17:15. Flexible working options would also be considered. You will also be required to participate in weekend working on a 1:6 rota basis, bank holiday, early and late duty rotas as per rota.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the description above and to the job description.
This will be a combined role with both dispensary and rotational ward responsibilities.
Person specification
Essential/Desirable
* NVQ2 in pharmaceutical sciences
* Experienced dispenser
* Experience of stock management
* Able to work as part of a team and independently
* Able to use own initiative appropriately
* Willing to travel between sites
* Enthusiastic and responsible attitude
* Ability to work well under pressure
* Adaptable to change
* Respectful towards colleagues and patients
* Willing to work in clinical areas with infectious diseases patients
* Previous NHS experience
* Experience of using the local pharmacy computer system
* Experience of hospital pharmacy
* Well organised
* A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
* Experience of a changing work environment
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.
Name Rebecca Somerville Job title Senior Pharmacy Technician, JR Dispensary Email address rebecca.somerville@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number 01865 221502 Additional information
Additional contact information
If you are interested in an informal discussion about this role, we would be very happy to hear from you. You are welcome to call or email to make an appointment so that we can show you around and answer your questions.
Alternative contacts regarding this role are:
Hannah Newton-Oakes (Hannah.Newton-Oakes@ouh.nhs.uk) Senior Technician for Dispensary or Charlotte Woodward (charlotte.woodward@ouh.nhs.uk) Senior Technician for Stores.
Emma Heyden (emma.heyden@ouh.nhs.uk ), Lead Technician for Medicines Management
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