Pharmacy Support Worker - Stores and Distribution
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Stevenage, SG1 4AB
Salary
£25,272
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 September 2026
1 days left
Job description
We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Support Worker Stores and Distribution who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care a...
Main duties will include the use of current Inventory management systems including Pharmacy automation to provide the Pharmacy distribution service.
You will be monitoring the expiry dates of stock held in the Pharmacy as per the timetable.
To assist with the receipt of goods at Pharmacy Stores door or collect at Hospital rear entrance, signing and dating the receipt.
To unpack goods checking quantity and quality against order and delivery note as per procedures.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to undertake NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services in addition to completing the in-house training programme for Support Workers.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Good team player
- Accurate worker
- Working with customers
Desirable
- Stores/warehouse experience
- Experience of training others
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Grade C (GCSE) or at least level 5 (new grading) in math's, science and English
- Able to undertake NVQ Level 2 and complete in 2 years
Desirable
- NVQ level 2
Other requirements
Essential
- Calm under pressure
- Methodical
- Helpful
- Flexible
- Organised
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
Knowledge
Essential
- Numerate and literate
- Able to perform simple calculations
- Able to input data accurately
- Able to use email system
Skills
Essential
- Reliable Team worker
- Able to undertake simple word processing
- Maintain confidentiality
- Achieves objectives in timescale set
- Able to organize self
- Customer Service Skills
- Good verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- Able to use own initiative
- Highly accurate worker
- Able to maintain electronic database/spread sheets
- Able to create spreadsheets
- Able to plan workload
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
18 August 2026
Last checked
20 August 2026
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