Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Support Worker – Administrator

The closing date is 27 August 2025

Job summary

We are seeking an organised and motivated Pharmacy Support Worker to join our friendly and dedicated pharmacy team. This is a key role in supporting the safe, efficient, and effective delivery of our pharmacy service to patients across the Trust.You will provide essential administrative, clerical and medication stock support to the pharmacy department, ensuring accurate record-keeping, smooth communication, and timely processing of documentation. Working closely with pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other healthcare professionals, you will help maintain the highest standards of patient care.Alternatively for more information and informal discussion contact Kirsty Lang E: k.lang3@nhs.net T: 07790 891999 or Samantha Thompson E: samantha.thompson52@nhs.net T:07980 957205

Interviews for this post will take place on the 12th of September 2025.

Main duties of the job

o Providing support to service users attending the hatch and signposting them to the most appropriate person.o Process prescriptions, requisitions, and pharmacy-related documentation in line with departmental procedures.o Support stock control processes, including checking off orders, expiry date checking and maintaining records and stock of medicines and consumables.o Liaise with internal departments, external suppliers, and healthcare professionals to ensure timely and accurate information exchange.o Maintain confidentiality, in line with Trust policies and GDPR requirements.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Details

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-39125-COR

Job locations

Pharmacy Becklin Centre

Leeds

LS9 7BE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide administrative and reception support within our dispensaries, including answering telephone calls and email queries in a professional and courteous manner, assisting at the hatch, uploading information to clinical systems, and carrying out general housekeeping tasks.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide administrative and reception support within our dispensaries, including answering telephone calls and email queries in a professional and courteous manner, assisting at the hatch, uploading information to clinical systems, and carrying out general housekeeping tasks.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade C or above in English Language & Maths.

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates empathy and understanding towards individuals with mental illness or learning disabilities, and their careers.
  • Ability to prioritise workload/ tasks and respond to urgent demands whilst ensuring deadlines are met.

Experience

Essential

  • Has experience communicating effectively with people from a wide range of backgrounds
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade C or above in English Language & Maths.

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates empathy and understanding towards individuals with mental illness or learning disabilities, and their careers.
  • Ability to prioritise workload/ tasks and respond to urgent demands whilst ensuring deadlines are met.

Experience

Essential

  • Has experience communicating effectively with people from a wide range of backgrounds

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 details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy Becklin Centre

Leeds

LS9 7BE


Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy Becklin Centre

Leeds

LS9 7BE


Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Pharmacy Technician

Kirsty Lang

k.lang3@nhs.net

07790891999

Details

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-39125-COR

Job locations

Pharmacy Becklin Centre

Leeds

LS9 7BE


Supporting documents

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