Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy - Aseptic Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 153-SP03113
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Longfleet Road
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Services
Band 3
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, motivated individuals who would like to work in the aseptic unit of the hospital pharmacy, we prepare the cancer patient chemotherapy.
Applicant would need least 4 GCSEs including Maths, English and Science at Grade C/4 or above or equivalent.
The successful candidate must have good organisational and interpersonal skills, be a team player, able to work individually whilst knowing their own limitations, who is comfortable working for a small team within a large department and able to demonstrate that they are committed to a career in Pharmacy.
This post requires participation in the late night, weekend and Bank Holiday rota.
We would consider part-time hours or job shares.
If you wish to view the department or book a visit. Please call Denise on 0300 019 8718
Base Location: Poole Hospital (this may change to Bournemouth if service requires)
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To support professional and technical staff in the aseptic manufacture of cytotoxic agents and to ensure provision of an efficient Pharmacy service, including good housekeeping and general administration duties. All duties are supervised by qualified staff.
- To aseptically prepare dispensed medicines.
- To select and assemble drugs and consumables.
- To monitor temperatures within the aseptic unit clean rooms.
- To undertake stock management.
- To ensure high standards of cleanliness are met.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Self-motived and reliable
- Ability to respond positively to change
- Attention to detail
- Motivation
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic keyboard skills
- Ability to prioritise work
- Able to work using own initiative and as part of a team
- Accurate, numerate
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable ability to work in a busy environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum 3 GCSE’s including Maths, English & Science. Grade 4 (C) or above
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous Pharmacy experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within Health and Safety and COSHH regulations
- Previous Aseptic 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Denise Gibbons
- Job title
- Senior Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000198718
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