Pharmacy Assistant Aseptic Services

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Hull is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support aseptic services. Responsibilities include assisting in the delivery of aseptic unit services, ensuring compliance with safety protocols, and maintaining communication with patients and team members. Candidates should have minimum GCSE qualifications and preferably experience in a pharmacy environment. This role contributes to quality patient care while adhering to health trust standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 GCSE's in maths, English and Science at grade 4 or equivalent.
• Experience in a busy environment preferred.
• Ability to prioritize care according to workload demands.

Responsibilities

• Assist in receipt and storage of pharmaceutical materials.
• Participate in cleaning the aseptic unit.
• Deliver aseptically prepared items to wards and clinical areas.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Minimum 4 GCSE's in maths, English and Science

Level 2 NVQ in pharmacy services

Job description

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Pharmacy Assistant Aseptic Services

The closing date is 10 December 2025

Assist in the receipt, checking and storage of pharmaceutical bought‑in compounded and raw materials, consumables including cleaning products for aseptic processing against approved purchase orders meeting set standards for condition and documentation. Regularly participate in cleaning the aseptic unit as specified in the quality diary including the quarterly full cleans.

Effectively contribute to the maintenance of appropriate stock levels of drugs and consumables used within the aseptic unit, minimising waste while ensuring sufficient stock is available to prepare treatments.

Personally responsible for maintaining your validation kit status enabling you to perform key activities and completing mandatory training as assigned on the training software package.

Deliver aseptically prepared items including controlled drugs to wards and clinical areas, responsible for effective, timely and clear communication in response to queries, errors and problems, escalating to the appropriate team member when necessary.

Communicate effectively with patients and colleagues, respecting their privacy, dignity and beliefs.

You will always follow the departmental standard operating procedures, highlighting any potential improvements or areas of concern.

Required to work in clinical settings and so will be required to adhere to the trusts dress code policy, current good manufacturing practices and maintain good personal hygiene.

Main duties of the job

You will participate and assist in the delivery of the aseptic unit service, working accurately, efficiently to agreed standards and departmental procedures ensuring targets are met.

Following a comprehensive training programme including competency assessments you will work towards undertaking the assembly, labelling and dispensing of aseptic products including but not limited to Parenteral Nutrition (PN) and Systemic Anti‑Cancer Treatments (SACT) and associated tasks.

May be required to undertake the NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services as a requirement of the post.

Upon completion of training, you will participate in the late night, weekend, bank holiday and on‑call rotas.

Responsible for your own actions and behaviours and must adhere to Trust and department policies.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 GCSE's in maths, English and Science at grade 4 (previously C) or equivalent e.g. functional skills.
• Level 2 NVQ in pharmacy services.

Experience

• Experience (through placements or employment) of working in a busy environment.
• Previous experience of working in a pharmacy environment or manufacturing.
• Able to communicate and interpret information in a clear and logical manner.
• Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment / workload demands.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.

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.