Pharmacy Assistant

We are looking for a passionate and ambitious Pharmacy assistant to join our friendly and supportive team here at the Bristol Royal Infirmary site.

You must be highly organized, have excellent people and communication skills along with the ability to adapt quickly to new situations and challenges.

After showing competency in the main responsibilities to the required standard, you will be considered for training towards participation in duties that involve patient level medication supply & advice. This will require the ATO to be willing to train in role for the Pharmacy Service Assistant (PSA) Apprenticeship. Which is a requirement of the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) for pharmacy support staff involved in these duties.

If you are interested in a varied role and feel that your skills and abilities would be suited to this role then we look forward to your application.

Main duties of the job

Initially the General Duties ATO is responsible for assisting the dispensing services to inpatients & outpatients through the following responsibilities. Ensuring the dispensary is kept tidy and has all the items available that are used in supplying medicines to patients - these including making sure that the dispensary has sufficient stocks of bottles, tops, boxes, bags, labels etc.

The ATO also supports areas of stock keeping & management of pharmaceuticals including stock check, goods receipt and stock preparation. For this purpose the ATO will be fully trained to use the robot.

The ATO will regularly support the dispensary service in providing a friendly, professional and informative front line service to all internal dispensary customers. Support will also be given by the ATO in answering the telephone and dealing with tracking and simple internal and external enquiries.

Later training under supervision to be a Dispensing ATO, assisting in the dispensing process of patient level medicines in the dispensary & ensure they are safely issued to patients.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• 5 GCSE's Level C equivalent including Maths, English & a Science

Desirable criteria

• To have completed any units within the NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or the willingness to enroll on a Level m2 Apprenticeship

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous Customer Service Experience
• Previous Work experience of stock control and goods receipt
• Computing Experience including email, windows and any other employer based system

Desirable criteria

• Pharmacy Experience of working in a hospital or retail Pharmacy

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good team player & interpersonal skills
• Good time manager
• Ability to work in a busy environment
• Computer literate
• Flexible and adaptive approach
• Caring and helpful attitude
• Attention to detail & tidy worker
• Demonstrate previous working to written procedures / follow directions accurately.
• Reliable and self-motivated
• Flexible and adaptive approach
• Committed to providing a high quality pharmacy service

Contract: Permanent: 37.5 hours per week, plus weekend and bank holiday and late rota overtime

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week