Pharmacy ATO Dispensary

Assist the pharmacy technicians and pharmacists in the provision of the broad range of pharmacy technical services provided across the Trust working on their own initiative, referring to their supervisor - a pharmacy technician or pharmacist when necessary

Support the work in the provision of an extended hour's service.

Assistant Technical Officers are expected to expand and broaden their skills and abilities. Nonetheless, they must operate at all times under the direct supervision of a qualified Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist unless operating according to agreed procedures that have been approved by the Director of Pharmacy., We are looking for a Dispensing Assistants to work within the pharmacy departments at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

The main duties are to carry out the labelling & dispensing of medicines under the supervision of a pharmacy technician or pharmacist to patients

This will be in both pharmacy departments based at New Cross, Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Hospital.

All applicants must have good communication and organisational skills.

They must be flexible and able to work well under pressure

The post holder must hold, or be working towards, a level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services Skills and the relevant underpinning knowledge.

Four GSCEs, including Maths, English and a Science subject are essential.

Experience in hospital pharmacy is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided for the successful candidate.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The pharmacy department has also been awarded Clinical Team of the Year 2024 in the Royal Wolverhampton Trust Awards.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.