Job overview

To assemble and dispense in-patient, outpatient and discharge medication and to process controlled drug requisitions.

To participate in the ward based medicines management service, assessing patients own medication and organising supplies.

To support the Pharmacy Procurement Service in providing safe, effective and efficient pharmacy purchasing and distribution services.

To work within Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and be guided by professional good practice guidelines at all times.

To work as part of a team and also independently, using your own initiative to deal with routine enquiries e.g availability and supply of medicines to wards and/or patients, referring to a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist when necessary.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer (ATO) to join the pharmacy team at Prince Charles Hospital.

Our ATOs are valued members of the Pharmacy team. You will gain experience across a variety of specialties, working closely with Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists to deliver a high quality, patient focused medicines management service.

You must possess excellent communication and organisational skills in order to provide an efficient and safe pharmacy service for patients.

We are committed to the development of our staff and offer excellent training where you will be supported and encouraged to develop in this role.

Applicants must possess GCSE maths and English language to Grade C or equivalent qualifications to enable enrolment on NVQ Level 2 (relevant units) in Pharmacy Service Skills/Pharmaceutical Sciences if does not already possess.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.  

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.