Intermediate Dispensing Pharmacy Assistant

at  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is a full time opportunity for an individual who has an aspiration to provide patient care by ensuring that our patients get the right medicine at the right time. This role will involve working in an acute hospital setting, liaising with clinicians and working within multi-disciplinary teams.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust Pharmacy Department are currently recruiting for a self-motivated individual to join our Intermediate Dispensing Pharmacy Assistant cohort. Offering a unique training opportunity within the Dispensary, in an acute hospital pharmacy based at Kings Mill Hospital.
You will undertake a one year placement which incorporates both day release for virtual College attendance and on-the job learning and experience to gain a Level 2 Pharmacy Services Apprenticeship. Due to the number of hours required to complete the course, you will be required to undertake work at home. This will be a minimum of 10 hours per month. You will need to meet the following essential qualifications:
4 GCSEs or equivalent including Grade D/3 or above and they must include Maths and English Language. (Certificates are required)
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
To be able to meet this challenge you must also be approachable, hard working, have good communication and interpersonal skills, enjoy working with people, have a good attention to detail, have a willingness to learn and passion for patient centred care.
In return you will join a dedicated, forward thinking department. You will gain experience in aspects of pharmacy services including dispensing for wards and outpatients and provision of advice to patients on actions and uses of medicines. You must be able to work as part of a team and demonstrate good organisation and time management skills in order to be able to manage both work and study deadlines.
If you enjoy a challenge, love learning new things and want to work as part of a supportive, hardworking and friendly team, this could be the role that you are looking for.
Please note that this post is a 15 month fixed term contract to enable college enrolment and completion of the End Point Assessment.

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