Pharmacy Dispensary Assistant

Have you ever considered a career in Pharmacy or would you like to expand your current dispensing skills across a wider range of medication?, Due to internal progression we are looking for a dispensing assistant to join our experienced team of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician and Assistants.

You will be working in the main dispensary and duties will include: dispensing medication for patients being seen at A&E, inpatients, outpatients and for discharges.

Ensuring medication is prepared and dispensed appropriately for the infusion suite is a key aspect of the role, therefore attention to detail, an enjoyment of following a process and good organisational skills are vital.

You will receive full training, including NVQ level 2 (or equivalent) in pharmacy services and gain experience of dispensing medication across a variety of specialities., Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Pharmacy Services at Maidstone are modern and proactive and are highly regarded in the Trust. The Main Pharmacy is in a modern purpose-built department complete with fully automated dispensary and excellent training facilities., MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.