Pharmacy Assistant

This bank post sits in the Pharmacy Operational team at Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and is advertised by NHS Professionals for the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. The two-month role centres on dispensing inpatient prescriptions, including MDS trays, processing prescriptions through the tracking system, and packing ward deliveries and stock checks. It is a full-time, weekday day-shift role of 37.5 hours.

Applicants need an NVQ or BTEC Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and pharmacy, hospital or community experience.

• Accurately label and dispense inpatient prescriptions under the supervision of a Pharmacy Technician, including MDS trays
• Print inpatient and discharge prescriptions from the e-prescribing system, book them into the prescription tracking system and pass them to the dispensary team in priority order
• Pack checked and dispensed prescriptions and other items into ward bags for delivery to wards, theatres and departments, in line with the porters' schedule
• Carry out daily cyclical stock checks under the supervision of a Pharmacy Technician and deal appropriately with returned stock and medicines
• Help ensure adequate medicine supplies, manage stock control and monitor storage conditions for medicines

• NVQ or BTEC Level 2 in Pharmacy Services

• Experience in pharmacy, hospital or community settings

• Experience using the CMM computer system
• Dispensing experience, including Monitored Dosage System (MDS) trays

• Access to learning and development opportunities for career progression
• Flexible shifts and committed shifts
• Wellbeing resources
• Paid annual leave
• Access to shifts across more than 50 partner NHS Trusts