Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift patterns between the working hours of 08:30-18:00. Weekend and Bank Holiday working on a rota basis)
- Job ref
- 229-CS-7397140
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hereford County Hospital
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £24,465 - £26,598 Progression from B2 to B3 upon completion of competencies
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Pharmacy
Band 2
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Job overview
Multiple positions available across the Pharmacy's Dispensary and Ward-Based Services within Wye Valley Trust.
*Please note this post is open to B2 applicants if the qualifications/competencies described in the Person Specification have not yet been achieved*
Main duties of the job
To provide support to Pharmacy services across the Dispensary and Ward-Based Services, under the supervision of registered pharmacy professionals. The post holder will assist in the preparation, dispensing, distribution, and stock control of medicines, ensuring safe and timely supply to patients and departments.
The role includes routine and non-routine tasks, requiring the use of standard procedures and judgement in prioritising workload.
The post holder will also support the supervision and training of Band 2 ATO staff and contribute to service improvement initiatives.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 4 GCSE’s at grace C or above in Maths, English and two other subjects
Desirable criteria
- Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
- Completion of in-house training programme demonstrating competency for Band 3 duties
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills
- Able to communicate clearly and professionally with patients, carers and healthcare staff both verbally and in writing
- Able to manage time effectively and meet deadlines
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a pharmacy or healthcare setting
- Experience working in a hospital pharmacy environment
- Experience dealing with patients, healthcare professionals and the public
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dave Swart
- Job title
- Deputy Dispensary Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 354424
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