Dispensing Assistant | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 March 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7722372/214-CSTO-7722372 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Dispensing Assistant. We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals who are passionate about delivering safe, effective and patient‑centred care.
This role is ideal for someone who is hardworking, approachable and eager to develop their skills. You will receive full training to support you in providing high‑quality dispensary‑based services to both inpatients and outpatients.
As a key member of the dispensary team, you will contribute to the safe and efficient supply of medicines across the Trust. You will work closely with Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists and wider clinical teams to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care.
Main Responsibilities:
• Labelling and dispensing prescriptions for inpatients and outpatients.
• Dispensing and supplying Controlled Drugs to wards and directly to patients.
• Receiving prescriptions from patients, carers and Trust staff, and processing medication orders from nursing teams.
• Preparing medicines and drug charts for delivery to wards and clinics via the portering system.
If you are motivated, compassionate and ready to take the next step in your pharmacy career, we would be delighted to receive your application.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Feb 2026
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