Pharmacy Dispenser

Pharmacy@UHB Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of University Hospitals Birmingham, which was established in 2011. We currently have a position at the Heartlands Hospital site. This vacancy is 40 hours per week.

We provide a service to outpatient and patients due to be discharged at both QEHB and Heartlands Hospital site and operate in a manner akin to a community pharmacy.

We are currently recruiting for dispensing assistants to join the team to work mainly at the Heartlands site. It is essential that applicants have achieved at least NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services, have relevant community or hospital pharmacy experience in a busy dispensary and will deliver unrivalled customer service.

This is a unique opportunity to support the delivery of care at the hospital in our automated pharmacies., To accurately dispense clinically checked prescriptions against the relevant prescription documentation, referring any areas of doubt promptly to the Responsible Pharmacist

To contribute to responsibility for the ordering and management of all medicines within Pharmacy@QEHB Ltd, working collaboratively together with the other dispensing assistants and under the guidance of the pharmacy manager

To identify potential problems in the administration of medicines such as medicine interactions, newly prescribed drugs, physical factors that could affect patient compliance etc

To contribute to the development and maintenance of a high quality and timely

outpatient service for patients.

To contribute to the safe and accurate issue of completed dispensed prescriptions to patients

To contribute to the maintenance of complete and accurate patient medication

records for all supplies from the pharmacy

To work collaboratively with other dispensing assistants to get the most from pharmacy automation

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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