Pharmacy Assistant – Rotational Full Time

Ipswich Hospital is one of the biggest acute hospitals in East Anglia, providing general acute services to around 330,500 people living in Mid and East Suffolk, and some specialist services to the population beyond that. The hospital has approximately 552 beds, we employ 3,500 people and have an annual turnover of £266m

Our most recent Care Quality Commission report rated the trust as “Good” with our Urgent and Emergency Services being rated as “Outstanding”

Ipswich Hospital has a strong track record in the provision of safe and high quality care. Among its many excellent services are an outstanding trauma and orthopaedics unit, a pioneering emergency assessment unit, a fully accredited gynae-oncology unit, level 2 neonatal care, and nationally recognised expertise in radiotherapy, diabetes and ENT. This hospital’s facilities include the Garrett Anderson Centre, opened in 2008, which provides excellent facilities for A&E, critical care and day surgery. The hospital also has particular strengths in research and education, with strong links to the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia.

Our values place our patients first, safety above everything, and place a clear emphasis on strong teamwork. If you share these values, we look forward to hearing from you.

Are you a loyal person looking for a long-term career in the NHS? If you are this could be the job you are looking for.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, responsible individual to join the pharmacy team and be an integral part of our 7 day service.

The successful candidate/s may rotate through our distribution, stores, dispensary, wards, quality control, chemotherapy preparation area, or manufacturing sections within the pharmacy or remain static in one of these areas dependent on service needs. This role may also include administrative support, portering and transportation of stock medicines and fluids to the wards and clinics.

On the job training will be given and departmental competencies will also be undertaken.

Successful applicants must have at least 2 GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade C or above (Grades 5 – 9 for new GCSEs), including Maths and English. It is desirable that candidates have undertaken and passed either the full Level 2 Certificate (NVQ) in Pharmacy Service Skills (QCF) or unit accreditation (or equivalent approved by the GPhC), or be willing to undertake these. They must be numerate and literate to Level 1.

Numeracy and Literacy testing will be part of the interview process.

The successful applicant must therefore be willing to rotate, be happy to be flexible and able to react positively to change, have an eye for detail, a good level of dexterity and have good teamwork and interpersonal skills. They must also be able to follow written procedures, work under supervision and complete tasks accurately to set deadlines and be able to transport and handle goods.

If you have good communication and listening skills, work well alone and within a team and thrive in a busy environment please call Sally Rogers, Technician Services Manager on 01473 703610 for more information.

ALL FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE VIA E-MAIL AND NHS JOBS. This includes ‘Invitation to Interview’ so it is important you check your e-mail and NHS Jobs account on a regular basis.

In submitting an application form, you authorise The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are successful at interview, you will be required to complete a DBS application form. This application will be submitted to the DBS so that a DBS check can be carried out. Please ensure you read the attached Disclosure & Barring Service information sheet.

If you are successful in applying for this post we will require company email addresses for your referees (personal email addresses for employers are not acceptable). At least one of your referees must be your current/most recent line manager. We require references to cover 3 years employment history (unless just leaving education).

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.

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From 6 April 2017, Tier 2 skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

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