Pharmacy Assistant - Band 2

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 01 November 2026

Please note that we are unable to offer Certificates of Sponsorship for this role.

Are you looking for a rewarding role that supports outstanding patient care. If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals tojoin our friendly hospital pharmacy team as Pharmacy Assistants. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to delivering high-quality patient care andplay an important role in ensuring patients receive the right care, first time,every time.

We currently have both full-time and part-time opportunities available at Alexandra Hospital, Redditch
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As a Pharmacy Assistant, you will be a key member of theteam and often the first point of contact for healthcare professionals and members of the public accessing our services. You will need to beself-motivated, organised, and able to work accurately in a busy environment.

Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to meet deadlines are essential.

This is an ideal opportunity for individuals who are passionate about patient care and keen to begin or develop a career within hospital pharmacy.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary pharmacy team,collaborating closely with Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

The role offers the opportunity to gain experience across arange of pharmacy services and functions, providing a broad understanding of hospital pharmacy operations.

Applicants must be able to work accurately and efficiently,demonstrate excellent attention to detail, and adapt to a variety of tasks within a busy working environment. Flexibility, teamwork, and the ability tomeet deadlines are essential to the successful delivery of the service.

For main duties of the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Duties are varied and may include:

Picking, packing and assembling medicines in stock distribution.

Pharmacy stores receiving and processing orders.

Manning the reception within the dispensary, speaking to both staff and patients and dealing with queries.

Supplying medicines to wards and departments by means of a top-up.

Duties within our sterile preparation suites.

Delivery of medication to wards and departments.

Replenishing specialist emergency boxes

Participate in established Bank Holiday and Weekend Rotas until the introduction of 7 day working when contracted hours will be undertaken over 7 days.

Part Time hours will be paid pro-rata.

Please refer to the full Job description for more detail.

• Able to work at weekends and bank holidays
• The post involves regular manual handling tasks, including transferring individual boxes weighing up to 15kg, in accordance with health and safety guidance.
• Must be able to safely undertake manual handling duties, including the regular transfer of individual boxes weighing up to 15kg, with reasonable adjustments where appropriate and in line with health and safety requirements

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