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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Bank: 12 months (Flexible working)
Hours
  • Flexible working
  • Other
1 hour per week (Candidates will be given shifts on a adhoc basis based on the Pharmacy service. This is a zero hour contract.)
Job ref
407-WCCSS-8115517
Employer
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Walsall Healthcare Trust
Town
Walsall
Salary
£12.51 pro rata
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
10/08/2026 08:00

Employer heading

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Bank Pharmacy Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 2

Walsall Manor Hospital is a busy district general hospital offering compete range of acute services. The Trust primarily serves the immediate population of Walsall with some patients requiring more specialised treatment at other, neighbouring Trusts. The Trust continues to invest in its facilities and services, supporting high-quality care for the communities it serves.

 

This role offers the opportunity to work within our integrated care model, contributing to high-quality services that help people remain independent in their own homes and communities.

 

We are committed to investing in our workforce and creating an environment where colleagues can learn, contribute and develop. Our new Urgent Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, demonstrates our ongoing investment in facilities and services.

 

As an employee, you’ll benefit from an attractive salary and comprehensive benefits package (detailed in Employer Description above), plus access to NHS pension arrangements and staff accommodation where available.

 

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant, currently holding the Bronze Award, underlining our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.

 

RESPECT    COMPASSION    TEAMWORK    PROFESSIONALISM

Job overview

Our Pharmacy currently have an opportunity for a Bank Pharmacy Assistant. The role of the Pharmacy Assistant is continually developing; therefore the successful applicant will be required have an NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services. This qualification will support the individual to carry out the main duties for this post with additional in house training. Your personal development needs will be identified through an annual individual performance review.

Main duties of the job

Main rotational duties include dispensing and labelling prescriptions for patients, using the automated medicines cabinet to dispense from at ward level and replenishment of stocks for the cabinets, entering data onto computer systems such as the pharmacy and ward orders, using the prescription tracking system, dispensing using the robot, assisting with stock management and stock takes and working in pharmacy procurement and distribution (stores). You will supply stock items to wards via a topping up system and carry out ward storage audits and other associated tasks. Your first rotation will start in pharmacy distribution.

Applicants must have a GCSE in English and Mathematics Grade C or above (or equivalent), have keyboard skills and be able to handle stock on a routine basis. Applicants must also have experience in dispensing and labelling medicines, be customer focused and be keen to learn, be hardworking and able to work under pressure during busy periods. Experience of working or have worked in a pharmacy is required. We encourage community and hospital pharmacy assistants with experience to apply.

A flexible approach to the above duties is required, together with good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to prioritise your workload have initiative and work as part of a team with other healthcare professionals,work on your own when necessary and follow instructions.

Working for our organisation

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. 

A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Successful candidates will support the Pharmacy Team Leaders and Pharmacy Technical Managers in delivering high quality, safe and effective pharmacy services in accordance to the Trust's values and its promises and standards to patients and colleagues. You will be directed by Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in your daily work.

As a Pharmacy Assistant you will monitor stock levels within the department and designated ward areas by carrying out stock top-ups. To assist with supplying stocks to the wards and departments of the trust. To help with general dispensing as required, working on the pharmacy reception greeting pharmacy customers, taking in prescriptions from patients and their representatives including the delivery of medications that have been prepared to the wards and departments of the trust.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy or equivalent qualification
  • GCSE English and Maths, Grade c or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of pharmacy/stores/hospital environment

Desirable

Desirable criteria
  • Good understanding of Excel programs and ability use a calculator

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of pharmacy/stores/hospital or retail environment
  • Experience of dispensing
  • Experience of reception duties
  • Experience of handling cash
  • Good telephone manner
  • Able to communicate well face to face and in writing
Desirable criteria
  • Able to work with computers
  • Up to date knowledge and understanding of Safe Systems of working in Pharmacy

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

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 this vacancy may close early due to high volume of applications

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Razia Bibi
Job title
Pharmacy Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01922 721172
Additional information

Razia Bibi

Pharmacy Team Manager

01922 721172  Extension 6724

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Address
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Pleck Road
Walsall
WS2 9PS
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