Senior Pharmacy Assistant: Sponsorship Available

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our pharmacy team at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.

We are looking for a progressive and proactive individual with strong leadership and problem-solving skills. Applicants must be self-motivated and organised. You will be able to work effectively alone and as part of a team and contribute to the process of service development and innovation by your own initiative and enthusiasm.

As a Senior Pharmacy Assistant within the pharmacy team, you will have the opportunity to develop a truly excellent, person-centred care pharmacy service at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. Particularly key to the role will be the multi-disciplinary engagement and coordinating the safe and effective flow of work through the dispensary.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

 

Main duties of the job

Responsible for coordinating the safe and effective flow of work through the dispensary ensuring all people involved in the process, are provided with necessary information to ensure that patient’s medication supply needs are met, under the direction of the Senior Pharmacy Technician. Actively manage, supervise and co-ordinate pharmacy team members including staff appraisal, work allocation, sickness and annual leave management. Assist in training of pharmacy staff working in the dispensary and satellite pharmacy areas. Operate pharmacy systems to carry out tasks in an accurate, timely manner, provide administrative and clerical support for dispensary related work. Including being lead responsible person to facilitate the use of the pharmacy tracker system ensuring a safe, efficient pharmacy service is provided while delivering the highest quality care. Assist in recruitment of staff, delivery of KPIs, production of rotas and production of reports using the pharmacy tracker system and Work within Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Assist in management and delivery of near patient medicines management to inpatients across BCUHB sites. You will be given opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills further through development supported by our friendly, experienced team.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • GCSE or equivalent in Mathematics and English grade C or above.
  • NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services, or a willingness to work towards
  • Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Level 2 qualification or equivalent or willingness to work towards.

Desirable

  • Support staff accuracy checking qualification, or willing to work towards.

Experience

Essential

  • Has worked in a dispensary area of a hospital pharmacy department.
  • Experience of leading a team, training and mentoring staff.
  • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team environment. Knowledge of Key Performance Indicators.

Desirable

  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and work to targets.
  • Conflict resolution experience.

Skills and Attributes

Essential

  • Team Player.
  • Ability to organise rotas and prioritise workloads, manage own time/tasks and those of others.
  • Able to solve routine day to day problems.
  • Flexible and adaptable to changing demands and situations.
  • Aware of own limitations.

Desirable

  • Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 06 January 2026

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