Medicines Management Assistant

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Job summary

A prominent NHS trust is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support clinical services within their hospitals. The successful candidate will need an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and relevant experience in medication dispensing and stock control. Responsibilities include collaborating with the healthcare team, handling patient medications, and providing excellent customer service. The role offers flexible working hours and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Health and wellbeing packages

Pension schemes

Qualifications

• Must have NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in stock control and medications dispensing.
• Able to work flexible hours and handle customer inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical pharmacy services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
• Label, dispense and supply medication against hospital prescriptions.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team for medication management.

Skills

Labelling and dispensing

Customer service

Microsoft Office

Team collaboration

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services

GCSE in English and Maths grade 4/C or above

Tools

Pharmacy IT systems

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share

37.5 hours per week (part time hours available) Job ref 190-0899-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Town Sheffield Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 21/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/02/2026

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the 找 may also allow access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

A Pharmacy assistant,with NVQ/BTEC Level 2 or equivalent qualification, is required to support the ward based clinical Pharmacy Services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate initiative and work to high standards of accuracy and reliability.

Other duties are to provide support in implementing developments within clinical services to meet the needs of the patient. The post holder will also label, dispense and supply medication against hospital prescriptions.

The post will be based at the either the Northern General Hospital or the Royal Hallamshire Hospital but you may be required to work in any of the sites across the Trust when required.

This post could also be based within the STH theatres department working alongside a Multi-disciplinary team, as a Medicines Management Assistant. Theatres are on both STH sites so this post would be cross-site on a rotationalಕಾರಿ basis.

Main duties of the job

To work with a multi-disciplinary team to provide support in the delivery of a safe, effective and cost efficient ward based, medicines management service.

To provide support in implementing developments within clinical services to meet the needs of the patient.

To label, dispense and supply medication against hospital prescriptions.

To undertake stock top-ups at ward level to maintainündə supplies of medicines for STH patients.

To transport stock or named patient medications between Dispensaries or Stores departments and put away securely at ward level.

To work flexibly between the hours of 8am and 8pm as part of the ward based and operational team in order to provide and maintain a comprehensive pharmaceutical service in line with current departmental policies and procedures.

Please note this advertisement can be appointed as either a full time or part time opportunity.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff.imeter This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it’s staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support serviceleda.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

< सदु्पट>Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
• Skills, labelling, and dispensing module is essential and BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science or demonstrable equivalent qualification or experience and a willingness to work towards achieving NVQ III in Pharmacy Services
• Microsoft Office Packages - evidence of short courses or relevant experience
• English and Maths GCSE grade 4/C or above or equivalent experience/qualification
• NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Public Services
• Counter Assistants Qualification

Experience

• Relevant experience working within a pharmacy environment
• Relevant experience & competence in labelling and dispensing of inpatient medication with instructions, TTOs or FP10s
• Relevant experience in stock control
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience of using pharmacy IT systems
• Excellent customer service skills demonstrable from previous experience working within pharmacy
• Experience of communicating with patients and other healthcare professionals.
• Experience of other dispensary duties including: • Collection and delivery of drugs to and from ward areas • Ward drug top ups • Emergency trays • Reception duties

Further Training

• Training or mentoring experience
• Experience of patient counselling
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to accurately follow written and oral instructions.
• Evidence that you are able to work independently using own initiative.
• Evidence that you have the ability to prioritise tasks.
• Evidence that you have the ability to concentrate for long periods and work under pressure.

Other Factors

• Frequent requirement for prolonged concentration on labelling and dispensing.
• Ability to tolerate frequent interruptions.
• Ability to deal with verbal aggression constructively.
• Moderate exposure to unpleasant working conditions
• Ability to undertake multiple tasks.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Medicines Management Team Managers office

Northern General Hospital -Telephone: [phone]