Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Services

Main area Pharmacy
- Aseptic Services Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share

37.5 hours per week (8:30am - 5pm Daily) Job
-SP06942

Department name 01. UHD
- General Recruitment Site Poole Hospital Town Poole Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pa/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 28/10/2026

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, motivated individuals who would like to work in the aseptic unit of the hospital pharmacy, we prepare the cancer patient chemotherapy.

Applicant would need least 4 GCSEs including Maths, English and Science at Grade C/4 or above or equivalent.

The successful candidate must have good organisational and interpersonal skills, be a team player, able to work individually whilst knowing their own limitations, who is comfortable working for a small team within a large department and able to demonstrate that they are committed to a career in Pharmacy.

This post requires participation in the late/earlies, weekend and bank holiday rota.

We would consider part-time hours or job shares.

If you wish to view the department or book a visit. Please call Denise on

Base

Location:

Poole Hospital

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

To support professional and technical staff in the aseptic manufacture of cytotoxic agents and to ensure provision of an efficient Pharmacy service, including good housekeeping and general administration duties. All duties are supervised by qualified staff.

• To aseptically prepare dispensed medicines.
• To select and assemble drugs and consumables.
• To monitor temperatures within the aseptic unit clean rooms.
• To undertake stock management.
• To ensure high standards of cleanliness are met.

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