Dispensing Pharmacy Assistant - King's Lynn, United Kingdom - Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
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King's Lynn, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We are pleased to offer this new opportunity for three pharmacy assistants to join us to support the dispensary late duty team.


The post holders will work alongside pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants to provide a patient focused dispensing service and will be prepared to complete in-house competencies and a NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services to support all the activities detailed in the job description.


You will be a team player, have good attention to detail, possess good problem-solving skills and can work between 11am to 7pm on weekdays.


We are dedicated to helping you develop your talent, therefore training, and development opportunities tailored to you will be provided in this role.

This will start with enrolment onto the NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services with on-going support and mentorship.

  • Receipt of prescriptions from patients, their relatives and other healthcare professionals at the dispensary reception.
  • Ensuring that the prescription charge is collected from eligible patients seen at the dispensary reception.
  • Receipt of medication charts and controlled drug books from other healthcare professionals at the dispensary reception.
  • Answering the telephone and dealing with queries from patients, their relatives and other healthcare professionals regarding stocks held and medications which are ready for collection within own limitations referring queries as appropriate.
  • Labelling and dispensing of inpatient, outpatient prescriptions discharge prescriptions and Controlled Drugs.


The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is a 500-bed district general hospital, serving a population of around 331,000 people in three counties - Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

Our 4,000-plus workforce is committed to working with health and social care partners to deliver safe, high-quality care.


We are the only acute provider within a 40 miles radius, therefore we play a key role in the wider local health economy.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our Trust.

We have established a strong leadership team and are now on a journey of improvement to provide compassionate care and support our committed and talented staff.

Our new corporate strategy sets out an ambitious vision for Team QEH to be the best rural District General Hospital for patient and staff experience.

The response from our staff to the recent and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been incredible.

It has also given us an opportunity to continue to think differently and innovatively about how we provide services, and it has accelerated our use of digital technologies.


King's Lynn boasts a historic medieval port dating back to the 12th century and is a short distance from some of the country's most beautiful beaches as well as being within easy reach of the vibrant cultural cities of Cambridge and Norwich.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on this exciting opportunity.
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