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Pharmacy Assistant - Stores | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £23,615 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 September 2024 |
| Location: | York, YO31 8HE |
| Company: | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6518004/419-150824-PAY-P |
Summary
If you enjoy working in a rewarding fast-paced environment with excellent opportunities for progression and development, this role could be for you!
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who would like to join the Pharmacy Stores team at York Hospital. This role involves completing a diverse range of tasks throughout the week on a rotational basis, so flexibility is essential.
Applicants must have a can-do attitude, excellent manual handling skills with experience in moving and lifting.Pharmacy experience is not required, as full training will be provided for this role.
This post involves working across four areas within a busy pharmacy store, answering queries, receiving, processing, and delivering medicines and IV fluids to wards.
An understanding of stock management is crucial to this role; this involves checking, storing, and issuing medicines. The post holder will ensure the safe and secure handling of medication in pharmacy and on wards, participate in daily stock-takes and the checking of medicines, so attention to detail is vital.
The post holder will also undertake various housekeeping duties including receiving and responding to phone calls and emails from colleagues within the Trust, filing documents, processing waste and excess medicines and other duties supporting the efficient and safe operation of the pharmacy department.
The successful applicant with be required to complete a funded NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
This advert closes on Thursday 29 Aug 2024
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