Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including lates, weekends and bank holidays) Job ref 418-AHP7639-CW
Employer Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Bedford Hospital South Wing Town Bedford Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/08/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
**PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY**
Are you interested in a varied role which has ensuring patients experience the best pharmaceutical care at its heart? We are looking for enthusiastic pharmacy assistants to work as a key part of the pharmacy team within our modern automated, dispensary areas. This role involves activities related to dispensing prescriptions for patients in the main dispensary and stock control, within the Pharmacy Department.
If you are interested in this post, you will need previous experience of working in either a hospital or community pharmacy and have a minimum of NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy services or equivalent.
You must be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for trying new roles and delivering an excellent patient experience.
Bedford Pharmacy operates a 7-day service, and some weekend shifts will be required.
Main duties of the job
To provide medicine dispensing services within the Pharmacy Dispensary.
To supervise the activity of Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians in the dispensary.
To take part in the late dispensary, weekend and bank holiday shift system.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.
* To receive prescriptions and other requests into the Main Dispensary or Dispensary Satellites according to the agreed procedures and deal with straightforward problems
* To interpret prescriptions and where necessary, contact a pharmacy technician or pharmacist to clarify prescriptions
* To undertake dispensing tasks under supervision including use of the pharmacy computer system for labelling
* To check and restock the emergency drugs cupboard
* To answer the telephone and resolve problems
Person specification
Qualifications
* Basic numeracy and literacy
* NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
* Vocational qualification in IT skills
Experience
* Experience in a pharmacy, warehouse or customer orientated environment
* Experience of supervising staff in training
* Experience of training other staff
* Use of computer systems
Knowledge
* Understanding of customer care
* Understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times
* Familiarity with drug names
Skills
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to organise own day to day work tasks
* Accurate and organised
* Shows initiative
* Ability to deal sensitively with distressed / aggrieved customers / clients
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Empathetic communication skills
It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Elizabeth Harley Job title Principal Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary Email address Elizabeth.Harley@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk Telephone number 01234 355122 Additional information
01234 355122 Ext 6279
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