Senior Pharmacy Assistant

NHS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Warrington is looking for a Senior Pharmacy Assistant to manage the pharmacy operations and supervise staff. Responsibilities include dispensing prescriptions, stock control, and ensuring quality service delivery. The ideal candidate will have NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills and significant pharmacy experience. This is an excellent opportunity to advance your career within a reputable organization.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a pharmacy assistant within a healthcare setting.
• Good standard of education.
• Minimum of 12 months experience working as a Pharmacy Assistant.

Responsibilities

• Supervision and line management of Pharmacy Assistants.
• Accurately dispensing prescriptions under supervision.
• Managing stock control and emergency drug boxes.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills

GCSE grade C in Mathematics (or equivalent)

Job description

Go back Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

Senior Pharmacy Assistant

The closing date is 02 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible, and well-motivated individual who wishes to further their pharmacy career within the NHS as a Senior Pharmacy Assistant.

The position is varied and will include receipt and correct storage of drugs, stock control (including stock rotation, stock checks, and removal of expired stock), the supply of drugs including ward stock replenishment, inputting of orders onto computer systems, and assembly of orders. Responsibilities also include managing the supply of emergency drug boxes, receiving and processing telephone calls, and delivering stock to wards. The role includes accurately dispensing prescriptions and assisting with the receipt of prescriptions from clients and patients, input of medicines received, and managing non-receipt of medicines and actioning damaged medicines received from wholesalers and manufacturers.

The successful candidate will have experience working as a pharmacy assistant within a healthcare setting, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a good standard of education. Essential qualifications include NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills and GCSE grade C in Mathematics (or equivalent).

Main duties of the job

The main duties will include supervision and line management of Pharmacy Assistants (including performing yearly appraisals); accuracy checking of assembled stock top ups outputted from our automated pharmacy dispensing system or picked by pharmacy assistants prior to delivery; receipt and correct storage of drugs, stock control (including stock rotation, stock checks and removal of expired stock) in accordance with Trust policy; supply of drugs including ward stock replenishment, inputting of orders onto the computer system and assembly of orders from location or pharmacy robot in accordance with documentation; contributing to the management of a safe system for the supply of emergency drug boxes; receiving and processing telephone calls; delivery of stock to wards; accurately dispensing prescriptions under the supervision of a Senior Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist; assisting in the reception area with receipt of prescriptions from clients and patients in accordance with department policies; assisting the procurement team with input of medicines received onto the pharmacy computer system; managing non-receipt of medicines and actioning damaged medicines with wholesalers and manufacturers; and maintaining record keeping by appropriately filing procurement paperwork.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience for our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services; Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Job responsibilities

The full details of the role, including main duties and responsibilities, are available in the full Job Description and Person Specification which you can find on the right-hand side of the advert page.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills

Experience

• Minimum of 12 months experience working as a Pharmacy Assistant
• Experience line managing staff

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.

Employer name

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT