• New Zealand’s leading public hospital
• Full-time permanent and fixed term positions
• Busy hospital Pharmacy department
We have one permanent and one fixed term position available for experienced Pharmacy Technicians to join our Medicines Supply and Logistics team at Auckland City Hospital. The fixed term role is for about 11 months starting asap to cover a secondment.
Both roles are full time and duties will include individual patient dispensing of registered, unregistered, investigational medicines, compliance and compounded medicines, extemporaneous compounding, supplying controlled drugs to clinical areas, repacking medicines and ordering compounded products from 3rd party suppliers. You will be supported by a team of experienced pharmacists, pharmacy accuracy checking technicians, pharmacy technicians and assistants. A full induction, training and validation programme and ongoing support will be provided.
Click here to view position descriptionFor more information, please contact the Naomi Wood, Clinical Lead Pharmacist Medicines Supply & Logistics on ********** or 021 0781501
What we can offer you
Auckland District Health Board (Auckland DHB) is one of the largest healthcare provider and teaching hospital in New Zealand offering a wide range of tertiary and quaternary clinical services to a large and diverse population. We have state of the art facilities and provide our services from three hospitals – Auckland City Hospital, Starship Children’s Health and Greenlane Clinical Centre.
We aspire to provide the highest standards of patient care and staff engagement here is what we can offer you in this role :
• Working within a dynamic, supportive and multidisciplinary team
• Orientation and on the job training, formal supervision and professional development opportunities.
• A great team environment and supportive work culture
• Subsidised gym membership, free gym classes run by 5Points Gym
• Discounts at a variety of businesses, free eye test
About the department
Our Pharmacy department is an innovative and exciting place to work. We employ over 100 staff including those working within two retail pharmacies, Aseptic Production Unit and a flagship inpatient service. We serve over 1200 inpatient beds. Our guiding principle is to put the patient first in everything we do. We are committed to do and be our best, to value and support all staff, to work together with trust, respect and honesty, and display commitment and accountability to provide a high quality service to our patients.
About you
You will be an NZQA level 5 pharmacy technician who is efficient, accurate and helpful and respectful to staff, patients and visitors. Enthusiastic team work, excellent English communication skills, effective time management skills, flexibility, as well as basic computer skills would make you the ideal candidate for this role. Preference will be given to candidates that have experience in a busy hospital dispensary and are competent in ePharmacy, Toniq and automated systems such as repacking and blister packing robots.
To apply,please click on the ‘Apply’ tab below and submit your application online attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter. For help with your application please email, Sonu Anand, Recruitment Consultant on ********** quoting ref #AUC08259.
Closing date is 10 March 2020
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This position is NOT a children's worker under the Children's Act
