Dispensing Assistant - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
3 weeks ago
Description
We are looking to recruit Dispensing Assistants into our Trustwide Pharmacy Team.
In our new recruit we are looking for an individual who is committed to delivering a high quality service to our patients and the trust, whose personal attributes include: -, the ability to work accurately in a very busy environment, good communication skills, a professional manner, good time management, a flexible team approach and the ability to adapt to and engage in change.
This position would suit a Dispensing Assistant seeking new challenges in an innovative environment and those who are keen to develop their knowledge and skills in the dispensary and a ward based setting of a large Acute Trust.
- Interview Date 28/06/202 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
As a Dispensing Assistant you will be based at the Freeman Hospital or the Royal Victoria Infirmary, but be willing to work across site if required, both of which have the advantage of automated robotic dispensing to facilitate the dispensing of a wide range of prescriptions to various specialties across the Trust.
As a key member of the Pharmacy Team you will work alongside Pharmacists, Technicians, Assistants and Students supporting the rapid discharge of our patients 7 days a week.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
- represented groups.
- To carry out the full range of Dispensing Assistant duties including the dispensing of prescriptions and orders.
- Provide technical support to dispensary services including carrying out routine procedures in the ordering, distribution and storage of pharmaceutical stock.
- To dispense discharge prescriptions and electronically generate patient specific orders at ward level.
- To provide support within the clinical trials unit (Freeman only).
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.
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