Pharmacy Assistant Guildford Hospital | Full Time | Permanent Competitive depending on experience 37.5 hours per week Our Pharmacy department at Guildford Hospital currently have a opportunity for a pharmacy assistant . Working with leading consultants, we offer a wide range of complex surgery, and services for preventing, diagnosing and treating many medical conditions. Our fifty room ward provides care for patients undergoing a range of operations and procedures. In addition, we provide inpatient palliative care and also have four acute dependency beds to support the needs of higher dependency patients. The working atmosphere is highly professional, yet friendly and collaborative. Easily accessible from the A3 or M25, were about 1.5 miles from the town center. As the largest not-for-profit healthcare organisation in the UK, our focus is on building healthier futures for everyone. Our pioneering approach puts us at the leading edge of health and wellbeing services. Bringing together clinical, prevention and cure with fitness and wellbeing services, we work to provide expert care through our network across the UK. Work with us and, together, we can improve the health of the nation. Our employee benefits include free membership of our Fitness & Wellbeing centers and a free private healthcare package. The opportunity Within the hospital the pharmacy department. As our Pharmacy Assistant you will: To monitor stock levels within the Pharmacy department to maintain appropriate stock levels To assist with the procurement of pharmaceutical stock for the pharmacy and other departments using appropriate electronic systems To receive goods in appropriately checking against purchase orders/delivery notes, dealing with issues/anomalies as they arise and escalating appropriately To review invoice queries as appropriate To assist in the dispensing of medicines accurately selecting the correct quantity of medicine required and assembling, labelling and processing them in a safe, efficient and timely manner The person To succeed as a pharmacy assistant, you will need: Good standard of general education, with proven literacy and numeracy. Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Pharmacy Service Skills / GPhC recognised equivalent qualification or ability to work towards a qualification which would be commenced within 3 months of employment and completed within an agreed timescale Some experience within a pharmacy environment or healthcare background IT Skills Good communication skills Helping you feel good. We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. Thats why weve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of whats important to you. Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital provides high-quality healthcare working with leading Consultants to offer a range of services and treatments for preventing, diagnosing and treating a wide array of medical conditions and offer a wide range of complex surgery and services. We are proud to have received a “good” rating from the health care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our facilities include 49 en-suite patient bedrooms, 4 operating theatres, acute dependency and oncology units. Weve been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark for cancer care and our Endoscopy service has achieved JAG accreditation. Our site is shared with an NHS Trust hospital, giving us access to their facilities. The working atmosphere is highly professional and stimulating, yet friendly and collaborative like that of a large family unit. The hospital is easily accessible from the A3 or M25 and we are located about 1.5 miles from Guildford town centre. Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today. If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, its a good idea to apply right away to ensure youre considered for this role. It starts with you. Nuffield Health, is the UKs largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, weve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit. We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services. As a charity, we reinvest all our income into our services, into pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly into our social impact programmes, which are designed to support people who would not normally be able to afford or access our services. Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.