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The SWLStG pharmacy team have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Pharmacy Assistant to join our friendly pharmacy team within this Mental Health Trust, based at Springfield Hospital in Tooting.  Monday to Friday – 9 to 5pm – No weekends/Bank holidays/late duty rotas.

We are looking for a conscientious and adaptable individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. To be eligible you must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, hardworking and have a good standard of general education. Computer literacy, accuracy and attention to detail are essential.

The pharmacy provides a high-quality medicines service supplying medication to a variety of patients, wards and departments.  The role will involve dispensing and distribution of pharmaceuticals and supporting the wider pharmacy team in providing a medicines management service.

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to become an apprentice trainee pharmacy technician.  We offer ongoing training and development in pharmacy practice delivered through monthly Continued Education sessions and Medicine Optimisation meetings.

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Day to day working in the dispensary and at ward/community team level following appropriate training. To provide a safe and effective dispensing service in areas worked.  To participate in and provide accuracy checks to assembled ward orders and ensuring sound stock control is carried out in areas covered. There will be various rotations to aid development including a clozapine rotation.

The ideal candidate will hold NVQ level 2 (or equivalent) in Pharmacy Services Skills and have recent experience of working as a dispenser.  Those who do not meet the essential criteria will be considered for a band 2 to 3 progression, with a tailored development programme which may suit a school leaver.

Agile and flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9 to 5pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.  There will be no Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday working and no late duties.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

About our locations:

Springfield University Hospital, Tooting

Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.