Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; Híbrido; GBP 24.000 - 29.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support the inpatient pharmacy service at St James Hospital. The role involves dispensing medicines, handling controlled drugs, and working with ward teams in a fast-paced environment.

The post is full-time (37.5 hours, Mon-Fri 9:00–17:30) with an 8pm shift every 5 weeks and a 1-in-4 weekend rota. NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and prior pharmacy experience are essential.

Qualificações

• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services is essential, with prior pharmacy experience.
• Based in Inpatient Pharmacy at St James hospital, full-time 37.5 hours Monday–Friday 9:00–17:30.
• Includes an 8pm shift every 5 weeks and a 1 in 4 weekend rota.

Responsabilidades

• Label and dispense medicines, including controlled drugs, discharge and inpatient orders.
• Provide some reception work: answer calls, handle front-desk tasks.
• Maintain stock and order medicines as required.
• Refer to attached job description for more details.

Conhecimentos

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services

Formação

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services

Descrição da vaga

Are you passionate about providing an efficient medicines supply service to inpatients in our hospital?Our busy, friendly dispensary team at St James hospital work hard in a fast paced but supportive environment to provide an excellent medicines supply service. You will be working with pharmacists, technicians, and our ward teams dispensing medicines to all our patients on the wards.

Main duties of the job

A NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and previous pharmacy experience is essential for this role.This role is based in Inpatient Pharmacy at St James hospital and is full time hours, (37.5 hours) Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm. All staff contributes to an 8pm evening shift every 5 weeks and a Saturday or Sunday on a 1 in 4 rota.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Stephanie Williamson Pharmacy Technician Team Leader [e-mail] 01132066925 Shortlisting Date: 1/12/26 Interview Date: 15/12/26

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job description

Why you should join our Team

Pharmacy is a forward thinking department that values the contribution of all our staff. There are plenty of opportunities to progress within different areas of our pharmacy services should you wish to.

The inpatient pharmacy team at SJUH is a large team who are friendly and extremely supportive working as part of the larger Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services Team.

The work is often fast paced and busy and the whole team pulls together to achieve the most efficient service for our patients.

What you will bring to the role

The role is varied and consists of all aspects of labelling and dispensing medicines, including controlled drugs, discharge prescriptions, homecare prescriptions and inpatient orders.

There will also be some reception work, answering the phone, dealing with reception and admin type tasks.

Some stock maintenance and ordering of medicines will also be included in this role.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose:

Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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.