Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant

NHS; Preston; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Preston is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support patient care within their pharmacy department. The role involves dispensing medications, stock control, and working as part of a team. Candidates should have at least 2 GCSEs including Maths and English, as well as experience in pharmacy is preferred. This full-time position offers a competitive salary of £24,465 per year with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Health and Wellbeing support

Development opportunities

Friendly working environment

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a team.
• Experience in pharmacy is desired.
• Experience of working in a busy environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments.
• Dispensing medications.
• Maintaining stock control and expiry date checking.
• Supporting the training and development of the pharmacy team.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Stock control knowledge

Computer skills

Health & safety knowledge

Education

2 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (including Maths and English)

Job description

Go back Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant

The closing date is 15 October 2025

Are you an enthusiastic hard working and patient focussed person with an interest in pharmacy?

Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in community and are looking to gain experience in a hospital setting?

If you are keen to join a forward thinking pharmacy department supporting patient care we would love to hear from you.

The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Pharmacy Assistant - dispensing services

As an employer we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation people are proud to work for.

**The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics, run fitness classes and organise mindfulness sessions**

Main duties of the job

We are one of the largest trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to people in Preston and Chorley and specialist care (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Burns and Plastics, Oncology and Renal Medicine) to 1.5m people across Lancashire and South Cumbria in addition we are proud to be the regional Major Trauma Centre providing life and limb saving treatment for patients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.

• Working with pharmacy teams to prepare and supply medicines products directly towards for patient use
• Stock control including ordering, receipting drug deliveries stock rotation, expiry checking and date checking
• Sorting medications, disposing of unwanted medicines and updating pharmacy computer.
• Dispensary based duties

About us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Job responsibilities

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust
• Dispensing medications
• Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking and use of the Pharmacy IT System
• Provides an effective reception service, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries.
• Maintains stock of dispensing sundries and carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards.
• Supports the training and development of pharmacy team

The core hours of duty are a 7.5 hour shift from 8am - 19:30 Monday to Friday. Applicants will be expected to participate in weekend and Bank holiday on a rota basis.

This role is cross site at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley Hospital.

*Please note that the interview date is subject to change*

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

• 2 GCSE Passes Grade C or above (or equivalent) must include Maths and English

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working in a team
• Knowledge of stock control systems
• Good telephone/ communication skills
• Computer experience including good keyboard skills
• Knowledge of Health & safety
• Experience of working in pharmacy
• Experience of working in a customer facing role
• Experience of working in a busy environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,465 a yearper annum, pro rata for part time workers