Pharmacy Assistant - Returns Officer

Main area Pharmacy Assistant Grade NHS AfC:
Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £30,074 per annum including HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 03/03/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to become part of our team at Pharmacy Department, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team within the pharmacy medicines management service. You will provide safe, timely, appropriate and high quality pharmaceutical services and assist in returns and distribution of medicines in the hospital wards and clinics throughout the Denmark hill site.

The post holder will work on designated wards and perform a range of pharmacy related duties as well as medicines returns in accordance with set procedures.

Assist in the transfer of medicines between wards and locating medicines that have been left behind when patients are transferred between wards, Including patient’s own drugs.

The post holder will assist the dispensary team in the delivery of the dispensing activities in the dispensary. They will carry out duties in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.

Full training will be provided in all areas along with working towards the NVQ Level 2 in the Principles and Practices of the Pharmacy Assistant qualification

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally‑enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.

• To work on designated wards and in the Pharmacy department to perform a range of pharmacy related duties in accordance with set procedures.
• To reduce wastage of medicines by assisting with medication transfer within the trust.
• To be responsible for processing the returns of excess stock or dispensed medication from the wards into the pharmacy stores or ward omnicell as per procedure, checking…