Job overview

Pharmacy Support Worker - Aseptic Services (Band 2 progressing to a Band 3 after achievement of Level 2 accreditation and Pharmacy related experience and training completion)

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills to join our dedicated and forward thinking team.

Are you friendly, methodical, and with a good eye for detail?

Do you want to contribute to "an outstanding experience for every patient"?

If you can answer Yes to the above then we need you here at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust!

This post is within the Pharmacy department working closely with an experienced, innovative and patient focused team. We are committed to delivering high standards of service to our patients every time.

The person we are looking for will be enthusiastic, hardworking, and dependable, have good people skills and the ability to relate to staff at all levels. We are looking for someone to be forward thinking and keen to progress within the role.

We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate into our small and friendly department where our aim is to ensure we provide a high quality service and that staff feel happy and supported in their work.

Main duties of the job

You will be working in our busy unlicensed Pharmacy Aseptic Services Unit, preparing a range of products across our Central Intravenous Additive service (CIVAs), dispensing of Parenteral Nutrition (PN), and making/dispensing of our Chemotherapy service including syringes and infusions. This role includes a number of support roles such as the daily cleaning of rooms and isolators within the Aseptic Unit, documentation preparation and general IT use including the use of the electronic prescribing system ARIA, and JAC for stock ordering and dispensing. Manual handling of stock, and light to moderate physical work are key parts of the role. This includes transferring stock and/or consumables into the Aseptic Unit, and also lifting of items such as boxes containing IV/PN bags. The role also involves some clerical duties such as filing, stock control, answering phone and other general admin as required.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk