Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8:30am - 4:45pm / alternating monthly with 8:45am - 5pm)
- Job ref
- 110-ACS163-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Charles Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Salary
- £23,970 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Assistant
Band 2
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our team of Pharmacy Assistants at Prince Charles Hospital, working within our distribution, logistics and dispensary teams.
You will be required to work as part of the distribution, logistics and dispensary teams.
Checking ward/departments stock and replenishing to the required levels.
Covering the pharmacy goods delivery area, receiving and checking deliveries are correct.
Dispensing prescriptions for inpatient and outpatients and covering the pharmacy reception.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our team of Pharmacy Assistants at Prince Charles Hospital, working within our distribution, logistics and dispensary teams.
The successfull candidate will have evidence of a good standard of general education and have attained a GCSE grade C or above in Mathematics and English (or equivalent). If not already held, they will be willing to work towards achieving an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services within an agreed timescale, which will mean doing a proportion of work in your own time in order to achieve this.
You will be required to work as part of the distribution, logistics and dispensary teams.
Checking ward/departments stock and replenishing to the required levels.
Covering the pharmacy goods delivery area, receiving and checking deliveries are correct.
Dispensing prescriptions for inpatient and outpatients and covering the pharmacy reception.
You will need to possess excellent communication skills, be self-motivated and willing to develop with new ways of working.
Attention to detail is important and you must be able to work as part of a team but also able to demonstrate initiative and work in a professional and timely manner.
You will need to be able to work well under pressure and have a flexible approach to the needs of the service.
Computer literacy is required although appropriate training on pharmacy systems will be provided.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This means Speaking & Listening at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2). We don’t need fluency. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see the ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below.
There is expectation to partake in the Saturday, Sundays and Bank holiday rota (1 in 6).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Ability to complete NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
- Maths and English GCSE
Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Essential criteria
- Problem solving skills
- Good computer skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language skills Speaking/Listening at Level 3 (B2)
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Well organised with effective time management skills
- Good team worker
Desirable criteria
- Customer care experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Keating
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Pharmacy, Operational Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 728233
- Additional information
Rhys Thomas
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