Pharmacy Assistant - Band 2
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Redditch, B98 7UB · WORCESTER, WR5 1DDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,272
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
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You will work as part of a multidisciplinary pharmacy team,
collaborating closely with Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy
Assistants to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.
The role offers the opportunity to gain experience across a
range of pharmacy services and functions, providing a broad understanding of
hospital pharmacy operations.
Applicants must be able to work accurately and efficiently,
demonstrate excellent attention to detail, and adapt to a variety of tasks
within a busy working environment. Flexibility, teamwork, and the ability to
meet deadlines are essential to the successful delivery of the service.
For main duties of the role please read the attached Job
Description and Person Specification.
Picking, packing and assembling medicines in stock distribution.
Pharmacy stores receiving and processing orders.
Manning the reception within the dispensary, speaking to both staff and patients and dealing with queries.
Supplying medicines to wards and departments by means of a top-up.
Picking intravenous fluids
Duties within our sterile preparation suites.
Delivery of medication to wards and departments.
Replenishing specialist emergency boxes
Participate in established Bank Holiday and Weekend Rotas until the introduction of 7 day working when contracted hours will be undertaken over 7 days.
Part Time hours will be paid pro-rata.
Please refer to the full Job description for more detail.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Other Job requirements
Essential
- Able to work at weekends and bank holidays
- The post involves regular manual handling tasks, including transferring individual boxes weighing up to 15kg, in accordance with health and safety guidance.
- Must be able to safely undertake manual handling duties, including the regular transfer of individual boxes weighing up to 15kg, with reasonable adjustments where appropriate and in line with health and safety requirements
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working as part of a team
- Experience in applying attention to detail and producing work to the required standard.
- Working to deadlines
- Previous experience in a customer service or patient care setting
- Experience of using different computer software
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as a pharmacy assistant or counter assistant in hospital or community pharmacy
- Previous experience of receipt and controlling of stock
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to work flexibly when needed depending on the service requirements.
- Demonstrates the ability to remain focused and effective when undertaking repetitive tasks
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Able to carry out verbal and written instructions accurately.
- Able to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and written.
- Able to accurately record and file information
- Customer Service skills
- Skilled at multi-tasking
Qualifications
Desirable: - Customer Service Qualification and or Pharmacy Counter Assistant qualification
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
17 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.
About the employer
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