• Job Description

  Req#: M0042-81160A?language=en&page=610&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Job Title: Pharmacy Support Worker

  Grade: Band 3

  Trust: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  Location: Prospect Park Hospital, RG30 4EJ

  Ward:Pharmacy

  Pay Rates: £13.13

  Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri

  Why might this job interest you?

  Are you a skilled and compassionate pharmacy assistant ready to play a crucial role in patient care? Join our team at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and help us make a difference!

  Main duties of the job

  Receive, unpack and store deliveries from suppliers/wholesalers which includes stock rotation of medicines not stored in the pharmacy robot and storage procedures of medicines stored in the pharmacy robot.

  Identify any discrepancies in stock levels, to investigate and correct as appropriate, under the direction of the Procurement Manager.

  Liaise with the appropriate nursing staff/ward pharmacist on queries concerning distribution of stock items requested by wards/departments and clinics.

  Assist in the dispensary for periods as needed by the department where labelling and dispensing of pharmaceutical products occurs in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures

  Process pharmacy orders and invoices in an accurate and timely manner and to work in the dispensary, labelling and dispensing pharmaceutical products when as needed by the service.

  About us

  Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

  Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

  Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

  Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

  Date posted

  25 April 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £13.13 an hour

  Contract

  Bank

  Duration

  3 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  M0042-81160A

  Job locations

  Suites 1A & 1B, Breakspear Park

  Breakspear Way

  Hemel Hempstead

  Hertfordshire

  HP2 4TZ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • UK Community/Hospital Pharmacy experience.

  Desirable

  • Previous hospital experience is desirable but not essential.

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Minimum NVQ Level 2.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • UK Community/Hospital Pharmacy experience.

  Desirable

  • Previous hospital experience is desirable but not essential.

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Minimum NVQ Level 2.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  NHS Professionals Limited

  Address

  Suites 1A & 1B, Breakspear Park

  Breakspear Way

  Hemel Hempstead

  Hertfordshire

  HP2 4TZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  NHS Professionals Limited

  Address

  Suites 1A & 1B, Breakspear Park

  Breakspear Way

  Hemel Hempstead

  Hertfordshire

  HP2 4TZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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