Pharmacy Services Assistant
The closing date is 01 July 2025
Job summary
The pharmacy department are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and reliable member of staff to join the existing pharmacy team. As a department we encourage diversity and actively support people to fit their role around their individual circumstances whilst maintaining a high-quality service - many of the team work on a part-time or flexible basis.
Previous experience in working in a Dispensary or pharmacy is desirable but not essential as training will be provided. Taking on a role as a pharmacy services assistant is an excellent way of starting your career in hospital pharmacy.
Upskilling and the opportunity to progress from Band 2 to Band 3 is available for this role.
Main duties of the job
This position would rotate between dispensary and stores/distribution role. The successful applicant will be expected to cover all of the following aspects within the department:
To accept deliveries into the department and process in line with trust policy
To assist in the provision of a ward top-up service
To ensure accurate stock control of medicines and maintain the replenishment of sundries
Accurately and efficiently dispense and label medicines for Royal Papworth patients
Customer service -- greeting and assisting patients and staff who present to the department
You will be required to work closely with other members of the pharmacy team, to help deliver an efficient and effective pharmacy service to the hospital.
To successfully complete the relevant units of the NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services course
To participate in weekend, bank holiday and late evening duties
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
17 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,169 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
175-2526-PH1292
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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