You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours.  At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Free on-site parking
• Free tea and coffee
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• On site nursery (chargeable)
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Job overview

Pharmacy Assistant (Rotational) – Permanent

Band 2 £ 18,870 to £ 19,918 p.a. pro rata

37.5 per week shift pattern, Sunday & Bank Holiday roster

It is an exciting time to join the pharmacy team at MKUH; we are continually growing in size and influence and have recently built a new Aseptic Unit and refurbished our main pharmacy department including the installation of a state of the art dispensing robot.

We are a department of over 90 staff providing pharmacy services through team-working and prioritising the needs of those we serve, so evidence of customer service skills would be an advantage.

Our Pharmacy Assistants provide dispensing services in the hospital pharmacy and work in the pharmacy stores, on the wards (top up of stock) and our aseptic production unit on a rotational basis as required by the service.  This will broaden your skills and helps us to ensure we have a service that can meet all the demands that are placed on it.

Main duties of the job

The key purpose of the Pharmacy Assistant role in our pharmacy is:

• To perform, under supervision, all types of pharmaceutical work appropriate to the level of knowledge and experience, in order to participate in the provision of pharmaceutical services to our patients and staff.
• To hold or acquire the required academic standard and technical skills to obtain an NVQ Level 2 Certificate in Pharmacy Services Skills and to use those skills to deliver a consistently high standard of service.
• To act as a dispenser within our hospital pharmacy service, as required, on a rotational basis and as part of our late, weekend and bank holiday service to the patients of our hospital and other organisations to whom we provide pharmaceutical support.
• To accurately complete the booking in and issuing of stock and individually dispensed items using our computer systems and dispensing robot.

If you think that you can fill this role, and help yourself and our pharmacy to deliver excellent service, we are interested in receiving your application through NHS jobs www.nhs.jobs.uk 

For further information, please contact Pamela Pieprzak on 01908 995701 or email pamela.pieprzak@mkuh.nhs.uk .

Working for our organisation

You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Free on-site parking
• Free tea and coffee
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• On site nursery (chargeable)
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on-site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.