Senior Pharmacy Assistant

NHS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Warrington is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Assistant to join their dynamic team. The role involves supervising Pharmacy Assistants, managing stock and drug supplies, and accurately dispensing medicines. Candidates should have NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills and at least 12 months of pharmacy experience. This is a fantastic opportunity to further your career within a supportive and innovative environment, contributing to quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a pharmacy assistant within a healthcare setting.
• Good standard of education.

Responsibilities

• Supervision and line management of Pharmacy Assistants.
• Accurate checking of assembled stock top-ups.
• Receipt and correct storage of drugs and stock control.
• Supply of drugs including ward stock replenishment.
• Receiving and processing telephone calls.
• Accurately dispensing prescriptions.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills

GCSE grade C in Mathematics

Job description

Senior Pharmacy Assistant

The closing date is 09 December 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; supply of drugs including ward stock replenishment, inputting of orders onto computer systems and assembly of orders; managing the supply of emergency drug boxes, receiving and processing telephone calls, delivery of stock to wards; accurately dispensing prescriptions; assisting with receipt of prescriptions from clients and patients; assisting with the input of medicines received; managing non‑receipt of medicines and action 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. NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills and GCSE grade C in Mathematics (or equivalent) are essential.

Main duties of the job

• Supervision and line management of Pharmacy Assistants including performing yearly appraisals.
• Accuracy checking assembled stock top‑ups which have been output 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 according to 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.
• Assist in the reception area with receipt of prescriptions from clients and patients in accordance with department policies.
• Assist the procurement team with input of medicines received onto the pharmacy computer system, manage non‑receipt of medicines and action damaged medicines with wholesalers and manufacturers.
• Maintain 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, 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)

• 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