Pharmacy Assistant

NEMS Community Benefit Services Ltd; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare organization in Nottingham is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support pharmacy operations. The role involves managing medicinal stock, assisting with prescription preparation, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of experience in pharmacy and relevant qualifications. This position requires excellent organizational and communication skills in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience or education related to pharmacy or healthcare support is required.
• Commitment to high professional standards, patient safety, and continuous personal development.

Responsibilities

• Manage medicinal stock including checks, ordering, and reporting.
• Support training activities for staff related to safe stock handling.
• Prepare stock for dispensing while ensuring compliance with regulations.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Strong organisational skills

Strong communication skills

Team player

Adaptability

IT skills

Education

Level 2 Pharmacy Assistant or equivalent

Minimum 2 years experience as pharmacy assistant/dispenser

Job description

This is a primary care-based Pharmacy Assistant role supporting pharmacy operations within a healthcare setting. There is no direct patient contact. The Pharmacy Assistant plays a key role in managing medicinal stock, prescription preparation, inventory control, and administrative support to pharmacy teams across multiple sites. The role requires attention to detail, excellent organisational and communication skills, and a proactive, innovative approach suitable for a fast-paced primary care environment.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage medicinal stock including stock checks, top-ups, ordering, discrepancy tracking, waste management, and reporting.

Monitor pharmaceutical storage temperatures and escalate any breaches promptly to the pharmacy technician.

Support Medicines Optimisation Committee through meeting coordination, minute taking, and updating action logs.

Assist with prescription pack preparation.

Support training activities for clinical and non-clinical staff related to safe stock handling.

Prepare stock for dispensing, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations, including repackaging, overlabelling, and ensuring legal compliance for pharmacist review (excluding controlled drugs).

About us

About NEMSNEMS CBS is a high quality, high performing; not-for-profit organisation which delivers integrated urgentcare and urgent primary care services to over 1 million patients. Responsive, adaptable and continuallyevolving, we have a reputation for delivering locally-tailored, safe, effective and cost efficient services withhigh levels of patient satisfaction.

We are committed to investing in our people and have an established programme of learning anddevelopment, successfully developing our own Urgent Care Practitioners and Advanced ClinicalPractitioners.NEMS currently operates 3 main services: (1) Integrated Urgent Care across Nottinghamshire serving apatient population of over 1 million, including home visiting, remote consultation and clinical assessmentservices; (2) Urgent Primary care provision located within the A&E Department at QMC, (3) A 24-hour walkin urgent primary care service adjacent to Kings Mill Hospital A&E, Mansfield.NEMS is committed to the NHS Values (as set out in the NHS Constitution March 2015).NEMS CBS is a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.

Job responsibilities

ROLE OVERVIEW

This is a primary care-based Pharmacy Assistant role supporting pharmacy operations within a healthcare setting. There is no direct patient contact. The Pharmacy Assistant plays a key role in managing medicinal stock, prescription preparation, inventory control, and administrative support to pharmacy teams across multiple sites. The role requires attention to detail, excellent organisational and communication skills, and a proactive, innovative approach suitable for a fast-paced primary care environment.

• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage medicinal stock including stock checks, top-ups, ordering, discrepancy tracking, waste management, and reporting.
• Monitor pharmaceutical storage temperatures and escalate any breaches promptly to the pharmacy technician.
• Support Medicines Optimisation Committee through meeting coordination, minute taking, and updating action logs.
• Assist with prescription pack preparation.
• Support training activities for clinical and non-clinical staff related to safe stock handling.
• Prepare stock for dispensing, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations, including repackaging, overlabelling, and ensuring legal compliance for pharmacist review (excluding controlled drugs).
• Support stock-related staff communications and maintain stock efficiency records.
• Report any discrepancies in stock or prescription preparation to appropriate pharmacy staff.
• Comply with pharmacy policies, procedures, and healthcare regulations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and adoption of innovative practices within the primary care pharmacy service.
• Maintain confidentiality and data protection in handling all pharmacy-related information.
• Demonstrate a willingness to undertake additional training to maintain and enhance specialist pharmacy skills and adapt to the evolving healthcare environment.
• Attending job-related meetings as required by Line Manager.

Person Specification

Experience

• PERSON SPECIFICATION
• Detail-oriented with strong organisational and communication skills.
• Team player with the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary primary care team.
• Adaptable and proactive, able to work effectively in a fast-paced healthcare setting.
• Commitment to high professional standards, patient safety, and continuous personal development.
• IT and numeracy skills.
• Previous experience or education related to pharmacy or healthcare support is required (minimum 2 years experience as pharmacy assistant/dispenser).
• Professional approach with strong emphasis on confidentiality and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
• At least 2 years of experience in community or hospital pharmacy, GP dispensary or similar required.
• Relevant qualifications such as Level 2 Pharmacy Assistant or equivalent required.
• Commitment to ongoing training and professional development to keep pace with advances in primary care pharmacy services.

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.