Pharmacy Assistant | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackburn; Presencial; GBP 21.000 - 24.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking Pharmacy Assistants for our Burnley and Blackburn sites. The role covers dispensary, stock distribution and aseptic services, with training provided toward an NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services.

You will gain hands-on experience across wards, input orders, maintain stock accuracy, and support a busy hospital pharmacy team on a rotating basis, with a focus on accuracy and patient safety.

Formación

• Basic IT skills and strong communication are essential.
• Willingness to learn via distance learning NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services.
• Ability to work accurately in a busy hospital environment.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain accurate stock levels of medicines and consumables.
• Pick and pack medicines for wards with heavy lifting where required.
• Visit wards to replenish stock and input orders into computer systems.
• Storage of stock in line with stock rotation.
• Handle reception tasks and assist public and clinical staff with prescriptions.
• Dispense a wide range of medicines with support from a dispensing robot.
• Process and dispose of medicinal waste.
• Assist in production in clean rooms for IV medicines and chemotherapy; monitor environment.

Conocimientos

Basic IT skills

People skills

Initiative

Attention to detail

Communication

Ability to work under pressure

Physical ability to bend and lift

Educación

NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services

Herramientas

Dispensing robot

Descripción del empleo

Pharmacy Assistant | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

We are looking for Pharmacy Assistants for our Burnley and Blackburn sites.

Pharmacy Assistants cover a range of tasks to ensure we meet the needs of the hospital sites. Training will be provided in each of the various rotational areas of the hospital pharmacy including dispensary, stock distribution and aseptic services

The successful candidates will be enrolled on a distance learning program to complete an NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services, with the support of our training lead and on-site assessors if they don't already hold this necessary qualification.

General duties of this post:

• Maintaining accurate stock levels of medicines and consumables
• Picking and packing medicines for wards which includes heavy lifting and bending
• Visiting wards to replenish stock including large quantities of IV fluids
• Inputting orders into the computer systems
• Storing stock in line with stock rotation

Further duties

• Reception- dealing with members of the public and clinical staff, taking in prescriptions and directing phone calls
• Dispensing a wide range of medicines supported by a dispensing robot
• Processing and disposing of medicinal waste in accordance with policies and procedures
• Working in state of the art clean rooms assisting in the production of IV medicines and chemotherapy, cleaning and general environmental monitoring

You will have basic IT skills, good people skills and be able to demonstrate initiative. You should Have good attention to detail, be a strong communicator, and have the ability to work well under pressure.

You will have the physical ability to bend and lift stock which is a key part of the role.

A rota is in place to cover weekends and Bank Holidays; you will also be expected to participate in the late night rota which involves working until 19:00, on occasion to cover the regular team. Core hours of the service run from 08:00 - 17:30, with staff working 7.5 hour days within these hours, there may be option to work longer shifts. All shift patterns can be discussed at interview.

We are looking for motivated and hardworking individuals to join our busy and friendly department. Whilst previous pharmacy experience is desirable, it is not essential. We are committed to giving our team opportunities to develop, and many of our pharmacy assistants have gone on to further education, supported by the department to qualify as Pharmacy Technicians.

General duties of this post include:

• Maintaining accurate stock levels of medicines and consumables
• Suppling medicines for wards which will include some heavy lifting and bending
• Visiting wards to replenish stock
• Inputting orders into the computer systems
• Working on reception dealing with members of the public and clinical staff, taking in prescriptions and directing telephone calls
• Dispensing a wide range of medicines supported by a dispensing robot
• Processing and disposing of medicinal waste
• Working in state of the art clean rooms assisting in the production of IV medicines and general environmental monitoring

This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Nov 2026