Clinical Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer - Canterbury, United Kingdom - East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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Canterbury, United Kingdom

2 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Pharmacy experience not required as all training will be provided.

We are looking for passionate and ambitious pharmacy assistants to join our friendly and enthusiastic team at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.

As a clinical pharmacy assistant, you will be working with a a friendly and supportive team supplying medication to the wards, dispensing medications to aid patient discharge, completing medication related audits and much more

Working closely with the pharmacy technician and pharmacists at ward level to provide a medicine management service.
Managing of stock of medicines to ensure patients have the medicines available at the right time.
Dispensing of medicines to patients for discharge
Improving transfer of medicines with patients as they move from the unit.
Supporting the team with medicine related audits.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'.

Everything we do is guided by our values:
'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day.

We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

NHSEI have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to get vaccinated and it remains our best line of defence against COVID-19.

As such NHS organisation including Primary Care, are encouraged to continue engaging with and supporting their staff to inform their decisions in order to drive vaccine confidence, protect themselves, patients, and everyone else.

NHSEI has producedCOVID-19 vaccine communication materials.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.