Pharmacy Support Worker Higher Level – Replenishment | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A large healthcare trust in the North West is seeking a motivated Pharmacy Support Worker (Higher Level) to join their Medicines Management Team. You will provide critical support across wards and clinics, ensuring the safe and timely supply of medicines. Ideal candidates will have an NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach. This role involves travel across multiple sites, and flexibility with work hours is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of pharmacy procedures.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Flexible working to meet service needs.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the seven-day medicines supply service.
• Replenish and manage stock levels in wards, clinics, and departments.
• Dispense and supply medicines.
• Contribute to audits and the safe use of automated dispensing systems.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

IT skills

Proactive approach

Education

NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Pharmacy Support Worker (Higher Level) to join our Medicines Management Replenishment and Clinical Support Team. This is an exciting time to join Mersey Care as we prepare to implement near-patient pharmacy satellite services across selected sites. You will play a key role in supporting wards and clinics across the Trust, ensuring the safe, timely, and effective supply of medicines to service users.

• Participate in the seven-day medicines supply service.
• Replenish and manage stock levels in wards, clinics, and departments across the Trust’s geographical footprint.
• Dispense and supply medicines.
• Contribute to audits and the safe use of automated dispensing systems.
• Work flexibly across secure and non-secure sites, supporting the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical care.

About Mersey Care

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

Our approach

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Qualifications

• NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services
• Experience and knowledge of pharmacy procedures
• Excellent communication and IT skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Attention to detail and a proactive approach

Additional Information

This role involves travel across multiple sites, including secure environments. You will require access to your own vehicle and be expected to work flexibly to support the needs of the service, including participation in rotas and weekend working.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025