Pharmacy Assistant/Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Dispensary
| Posting date: | 14 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,169 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 August 2025 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR4 7UY |
| Company: | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7344432/234-25-CS0111 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Pharmacy Department provides a fully comprehensive pharmaceutical service across the Trust and to a number of external community units. We are a large and very busy department with over 180 members of staff including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, admin and clerical staff and apprentices. There are many varied roles and we all work as a team to provide the different functions and services whilst maintaining a high level of patient care.
Pharmacy Assistants are vital members of the Pharmacy team who work closely with Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. They support colleagues throughout the Trust. Based in Dispensary they are required to work under the supervision of a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist.
This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a Band 2 Pharmacy Assistant and develop the required knowledge and skills to become a Band 3 Senior Pharmacy Assistant. Support, training and assessment will enable you to achieve the core and enhanced competencies required for the post. A level 2 GPHC approved qualification will be undertaken and once qualified you will transition from band 2 to band 3. Those already holding a level 2 accredited pharmacy qualification will start at Band 3.
You will be supporting the supply and dispensing of medication to patients across the hospital, including outpatient clinics. You will have great attention to detail and like working in a fast-paced environment within a supportive team. The post will involve using the pharmacy computer system (CMM) and dispensing robot for which training will be given.
You will also spend some time each week on a ward to top up stocks of medication. If you have had some previous experience working in a hospital or community pharmacy, or a dispensing doctor’s practice, this is a great position to further develop your career in pharmacy.
This post is for either full or part-time hours. Full-time hours will be worked Monday to Friday with a shift pattern to cover early starts (08:00) and late finishes (18:00). Part-time hours can be worked as either full or part days but again will include the requirement to cover some earlies and lates. There will be a requirement to work 1 weekend every 10 weeks with corresponding time off during the week. There is also a requirement to participate in the bank holiday rota, currently minimum 1 per year. Rotas are subject to change at any time.
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• To dispense nurse and pharmacy ordered one stop/inpatient EPMA items and discharge medication (including compliance aids and Controlled Drugs) against previously clinically checked prescriptions and in line with departmental policies, procedures and the Medicines Act 1968 using the JAC computer system.
• Accurately enter Controlled Drugs dispensed by the postholder on discharges into the relevant CD registers.
• Dispense community unit prescriptions.
• Issue and counsel outpatients on medicines as part of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) approved training course and post qualification against the authorised counselling list.
Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 7114 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Jul 2025
The Pharmacy Department provides a fully comprehensive pharmaceutical service across the Trust and to a number of external community units. We are a large and very busy department with over 180 members of staff including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, admin and clerical staff and apprentices. There are many varied roles and we all work as a team to provide the different functions and services whilst maintaining a high level of patient care.
Pharmacy Assistants are vital members of the Pharmacy team who work closely with Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. They support colleagues throughout the Trust. Based in Dispensary they are required to work under the supervision of a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist.
This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a Band 2 Pharmacy Assistant and develop the required knowledge and skills to become a Band 3 Senior Pharmacy Assistant. Support, training and assessment will enable you to achieve the core and enhanced competencies required for the post. A level 2 GPHC approved qualification will be undertaken and once qualified you will transition from band 2 to band 3. Those already holding a level 2 accredited pharmacy qualification will start at Band 3.
You will be supporting the supply and dispensing of medication to patients across the hospital, including outpatient clinics. You will have great attention to detail and like working in a fast-paced environment within a supportive team. The post will involve using the pharmacy computer system (CMM) and dispensing robot for which training will be given.
You will also spend some time each week on a ward to top up stocks of medication. If you have had some previous experience working in a hospital or community pharmacy, or a dispensing doctor’s practice, this is a great position to further develop your career in pharmacy.
This post is for either full or part-time hours. Full-time hours will be worked Monday to Friday with a shift pattern to cover early starts (08:00) and late finishes (18:00). Part-time hours can be worked as either full or part days but again will include the requirement to cover some earlies and lates. There will be a requirement to work 1 weekend every 10 weeks with corresponding time off during the week. There is also a requirement to participate in the bank holiday rota, currently minimum 1 per year. Rotas are subject to change at any time.
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• To dispense nurse and pharmacy ordered one stop/inpatient EPMA items and discharge medication (including compliance aids and Controlled Drugs) against previously clinically checked prescriptions and in line with departmental policies, procedures and the Medicines Act 1968 using the JAC computer system.
• Accurately enter Controlled Drugs dispensed by the postholder on discharges into the relevant CD registers.
• Dispense community unit prescriptions.
• Issue and counsel outpatients on medicines as part of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) approved training course and post qualification against the authorised counselling list.
Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 7114 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Jul 2025