Pharmacy Assistant - Circle Health Group

Circle Health Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare Scheme

Friends & Family Hospital Discounts

Family Friendly policies including M+P

Non-contributory life insurance

Staff engagement hub with discounts

Wellbeing resources

Employee recognition programmes

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Circle Health Group in Glasgow is hiring a Pharmacy Assistant to join the pharmacy team at Ross Hall Hospital. This full-time role is 37.5 hours per week with a flexible shift pattern and a salary of £24,947 per year.

Key duties include assisting in medicine preparation and labeling for inpatients, outpatients, and discharge prescriptions, ensuring safe and accurate supply, and maintaining stock controls and records. Applicants should have strong communication and team skills.

Qualifications

• Good general education including literacy and numeracy skills.
• Experience in a customer service, healthcare, or stock‑handling role.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Attention to detail and commitment to safe working practices.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation and labeling of medicines for inpatients, outpatients, and discharge prescriptions under supervision.
• Support the safe supply of medicines, ensuring accurate picking, packing, and distribution to wards and departments.
• Monitor stock levels and expiry dates, maintaining accurate inventory across the pharmacy and clinical areas.
• Assist with the completion of records, prescription tracking, and data entry on pharmacy systems.
• Respond to basic enquiries from patients, nursing staff, or colleagues in a professional, helpful manner.
• Adhere to health and safety, infection prevention, and medicines management protocols.

Job description

Salary: £24,947.00 per year

Overview

Pharmacy Assistant

Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow

37.5 Hours & Permanent

Salary: £24,947.00 per year

Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow is part of Circle Health Group, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with a nationwide network of hospitals & clinics, performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country.

We have an opportunity for an Pharmacy Assistant to join their team of staff in the Pharmacy department.

This is a full time role for 37.5 hours a week. The role holder will be required to cover a flexible shift pattern.

Duties Of This Role Include

• Assist in the preparation and labelling of medicines for inpatients, outpatients, and discharge prescriptions under appropriate supervision.
• Support the safe supply of medicines, ensuring accurate picking, packing, and distribution to wards and departments.
• Monitor stock levels and expiry dates, helping maintain accurate inventory across the pharmacy and clinical areas.
• Assist with the completion of relevant records, prescription tracking, and data entry on pharmacy systems.
• Respond to basic enquiries from patients, nursing staff, or other colleagues in a professional and helpful manner.
• Adhere to all health and safety, infection prevention, and medicines management protocols.

Applicants Should Meet The Following Criteria

• Good general education including literacy and numeracy skills.
• Experience in a customer service, healthcare, or stock‑handling role.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Attention to detail and commitment to safe working practices.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and under supervision.

Salary & Benefits

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
• Private Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
• Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Non-contributory life insurance
• Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
• Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing
• Employee recognition programmes
• Industry leading training and development opportunities

...and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles...and more.

We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.

To find out more about the Circle Health Group Philosophy: https://careers.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/why-circle/our-philosophy