Weekday Support Assistant - Stafford, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

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Are you enthusiastic, highly motivated and hardworking? Are you looking for weekday hours to work? Are you looking for a new and rewarding opportunity within the NHS, one that provides training and on-going development opportunities? This is an exciting and ideal chance for those looking for casual work during the week from Monday to Friday.

Previous pharmacy experience would be advantageous, however full training and support will be provided. Applicants should demonstrate a desire to contribute towards developing our services. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills and you will
need to be able to work effectively with the existing team within the Pharmacy Department.


Main duties will include but are not limited to:

  • Reception duties including answering the phones in a prompt and courteous manner whilst providing cover to the reception including receiving prescriptions, checking payment exemptions and taking payment where appropriate (County Stafford only
  • Booking in the prescriptions via the Tracking system
  • Ensuring the timely return of completed prescriptions back to the wards to support patient discharge
  • Undertake stock ordering and supply for wards
  • Maintaining stock storage and levels
  • Ensure that the dispensary has adequate supplies of medicine bottles, bags spoons, measures and syringes and ordering these on a when required basis
  • Ensure equipment used in the dispensary is clean and ready for everyday use
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.

Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.


For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.


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