Job summary
Senior Pharmacy Assistant
Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Health Science Services - Pharmacy
Band: 3
Salary: £24,937 - £26,598 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Week commencing 10th November 2025
We are recruiting for a Senior Pharmacy Assistant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder works with colleagues to provide a comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective pharmaceutical service Medway Maritime hospital and partner organisations via service level agreements, adhering to policies and procedures, and delivering services in an efficient, courteous, and professional manner.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The post holder works with colleagues to provide a comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective pharmaceutical service Medway Maritime hospital and partner organisations via service level agreements, adhering to policies and procedures, and delivering services in an efficient, courteous, and professional manner.
Supervise work of pharmacy assistants and assist with prioritising workflow.
Train and develop other staff.
Procurement, stores and distribution:
Accurately count stock at ward level and replenish stocks to agreed levels.
Highlight any concerns with medicines security and storage requirements to ward staff and pharmacy managers.
Work under and understand good distribution practice as it relates to activities working with the MHRA framework for wholesaler dealer activities.
Dispensary Duties:
Maintain accurate records on both the CMM dispensing system and PTS (both for deliveries and general activity monitoring)
After training dispense controlled drugs for ward stock and named patients on discharge.
Ensure that any to follow items are sent as soon as possible and any discrepancies checked.
Ensure the availability of sufficient stock and sundries/consumables to the dispensary.
Receive outpatient prescriptions from customers and take the appropriate payment, advise on any benefits available to them and obtain details, to ensure the back of the prescription is completed accurately.
Pharmacy ward based services:
Complete phase 1 of the medicines optimisation programme.
Check accurately patients own medicines brought into hospital for suitability for re-use.
Accurately transcribe drugs as per trust policy.
Ensure patients receive medicines promptly to prevent omitted doses on the wards. Prioritising urgent prescriptions and delivering accordingly.
Ensure discharge medicines are completed accurately and safely to support patient flow within the trust
Key Result Areas:
To provide a pharmacy service in accordance with current professional standards and clinical governance guidance.
To develop the required knowledge and skills.
To work as part multi-disciplinary team providing an efficient and effective pharmacy service to the Trust, ensuring patients receive the optimum level of service and care.
Communications and Working Relationships:
Works closely with nurses, clinicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team within the Trust service
Works closely with other pharmacists, assistants and technicians including dispensary and other pharmacy areas.
Communicates with patients, carers, GPs and community pharmacists
Physical effort:
To be able to lift and handle heavy packages and boxes.
There is a requirement/combination of sitting, standing, and walking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The post holder works with colleagues to provide a comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective pharmaceutical service Medway Maritime hospital and partner organisations via service level agreements, adhering to policies and procedures, and delivering services in an efficient, courteous, and professional manner.
Supervise work of pharmacy assistants and assist with prioritising workflow.
Train and develop other staff.
Procurement, stores and distribution:
Accurately count stock at ward level and replenish stocks to agreed levels.
Highlight any concerns with medicines security and storage requirements to ward staff and pharmacy managers.
Work under and understand good distribution practice as it relates to activities working with the MHRA framework for wholesaler dealer activities.
Dispensary Duties:
Maintain accurate records on both the CMM dispensing system and PTS (both for deliveries and general activity monitoring)
After training dispense controlled drugs for ward stock and named patients on discharge.
Ensure that any to follow items are sent as soon as possible and any discrepancies checked.
Ensure the availability of sufficient stock and sundries/consumables to the dispensary.
Receive outpatient prescriptions from customers and take the appropriate payment, advise on any benefits available to them and obtain details, to ensure the back of the prescription is completed accurately.
Pharmacy ward based services:
Complete phase 1 of the medicines optimisation programme.
Check accurately patients own medicines brought into hospital for suitability for re-use.
Accurately transcribe drugs as per trust policy.
Ensure patients receive medicines promptly to prevent omitted doses on the wards. Prioritising urgent prescriptions and delivering accordingly.
Ensure discharge medicines are completed accurately and safely to support patient flow within the trust
Key Result Areas:
To provide a pharmacy service in accordance with current professional standards and clinical governance guidance.
To develop the required knowledge and skills.
To work as part multi-disciplinary team providing an efficient and effective pharmacy service to the Trust, ensuring patients receive the optimum level of service and care.
Communications and Working Relationships:
Works closely with nurses, clinicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team within the Trust service
Works closely with other pharmacists, assistants and technicians including dispensary and other pharmacy areas.
Communicates with patients, carers, GPs and community pharmacists
Physical effort:
To be able to lift and handle heavy packages and boxes.
There is a requirement/combination of sitting, standing, and walking.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE (English & Maths C or above)
- Level 2 qualification in pharmacy services
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic computer skills
- Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, without using a calculator, including - Simple calculations, Addition, subtraction, division & multiplication
- Familiar with GDP and MHRA requirements.
Experience
Essential
- Understanding of working effectively within multidisciplinary groups
- Previous hospital or pharmacy Experience
Skills
Essential
- Good team worker and works effectively within multidisciplinary team
- Ability to follow policies and procedures
- Work well under pressure Ability to communicate routine information effectively using clear written and spoken English
- Demonstrate effective customer service skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE (English & Maths C or above)
- Level 2 qualification in pharmacy services
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic computer skills
- Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, without using a calculator, including - Simple calculations, Addition, subtraction, division & multiplication
- Familiar with GDP and MHRA requirements.
Experience
Essential
- Understanding of working effectively within multidisciplinary groups
- Previous hospital or pharmacy Experience
Skills
Essential
- Good team worker and works effectively within multidisciplinary team
- Ability to follow policies and procedures
- Work well under pressure Ability to communicate routine information effectively using clear written and spoken English
- Demonstrate effective customer service skills
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
