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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Support
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 7.5 hours per week (Weekend working only)
Job ref
328-CD-7501844
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£24,465 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/11/2025 23:59

Employer heading

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Pharmacy Dispensary Assistant

Band 2

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and driven team player to join the rapidly growing pharmacy team at the James Cook University Hospital. You will be working within the busy pharmacy dispensary team assisting in the provision of an effective and timely service to the patients and staff of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust under the leadership of the Senior Pharmacy Technician for Dispensary. 

Main duties of the job

The role consists of supporting with running of the pharmacy dispensary including covering reception, using the pharmacy tracking system, packaging medication ready for deliveries, putting away stocks into the pharmacy robot and medication shelves, filing prescriptions and paperwork, expiry date checking, and other general housekeeping duties.  

Working hours are 09:00-17:00 Saturdays or Sundays on a rota basis 

Working for our organisation

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff.  This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
 
•    Your Leadership Impact
•    Service Improvement for Beginners

After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 1 in Maths/English or equivalent demonstrable experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Good keyboard skills and experience of using electronic spreadsheets, databases, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of a range of secretarial procedures and software programmes
  • Excellent communication skills to effectively exchange routine information to a wide variety of staff, patients and external agencies
  • Ability to deal with occasional emotional or distressing situations either face to face or over the telephone
  • Proven ability to prioritise own workload effectively and to concentrate, carrying out tasks accurately and in a timely manner
  • To be well organised and methodical when carrying out tasks

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into healthArmed Forces CovenantPrincess Royal Training Reward 2025Better Health at Work Award

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 that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Paul Kirby
Job title
Chief Pharmacy Technician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 850850
Additional information

Paul Kirby ext: ext 56598

OR

Joanne Hollingsworth 01642 850850 ext 55944

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