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Pharmacy Support Worker

The closing date is 29 June 2025

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Job summary

  • Pharmacy Support Worker
  • Band 2- £24,169 per annum
  • Permanent
  • Location : Paddock Wood

Are you passionate about supporting patient care? Do you want to ensure our ambulances are equipped with the critical medicines they need? Then come and join us in our newly refurbished Medicines Distribution Centre based in Paddock Wood and help us deliver excellent pre-hospital care.

We are looking to recruit a Pharmacy Support Worker to expand our team within our busy and friendly Medicines Distribution Centre (MDC).

What we are looking for:

If you are organised, enthusiastic and self-motivated, then we would love to hear from you.

The successful candidate for this role will be required to work in the Medicines Packing Unit undertaking the daily packing of drug pouches and quality assurance.

The Medicines distribution Centre operates across two shifts and as a Pharmacy Support Worker you will work a fixed shift pattern covering either early or late shifts 5 days per week. These will be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will:

  • Daily packing of drug pouches for use by the operational crews .
  • Work together as a team to meet KPIs and ensure stock is available.
  • Ensure that resources are used effectively and in accordance with agreedprocedures.
  • Actively promote the flow of work through the department and communicate with Distribution hubs and Stations when obstacles arise.
  • Liaise with Senior Professionals and related functions to ensure that work is completed to schedule, not overlooked or duplicated.
  • Contribute to the stock control within the department, including participating in stock-checks, tracing and resolving stock discrepancies.

About us

  • A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years service.
  • Personal and professional development and training opportunities..
  • Salary sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
  • Access to occupational health and counselling services.
  • Award winning wellbeing hub
  • Back up buddy App
  • Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
  • Option to join NHS Pension scheme

Details

Date posted

23 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

278-PSW-0625-NNR

Job locations

Paddock Wood

Eldon way

Paddock wood

TN12 6BE


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Pharmacy team at the Medicines Distribution Centre provides essential support to front line ambulance operations. The Pharmacy Support Workers play a key role in providing medicines pouches for use by front line staff in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures.

Please refer to the job description for more details about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Pharmacy team at the Medicines Distribution Centre provides essential support to front line ambulance operations. The Pharmacy Support Workers play a key role in providing medicines pouches for use by front line staff in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures.

Please refer to the job description for more details about the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Supervised a team
  • Be able to influence clinical and operational staff
  • Ability to plan and organise own workload to meet conflicting priorities and targets
  • Experience in a Pharmacy environment
  • Medicines Packing experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a packing unit

Education

Essential

  • Worked with Microsoft or other IT software
  • GCSE or equivalent grade C or above in English and Maths
  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

Skills

Essential

  • Good communications and interpersonal skills dealing with a wide range of internal and external
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Supervised a team
  • Be able to influence clinical and operational staff
  • Ability to plan and organise own workload to meet conflicting priorities and targets
  • Experience in a Pharmacy environment
  • Medicines Packing experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a packing unit

Education

Essential

  • Worked with Microsoft or other IT software
  • GCSE or equivalent grade C or above in English and Maths
  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

Skills

Essential

  • Good communications and interpersonal skills dealing with a wide range of internal and external

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

Paddock Wood

Eldon way

Paddock wood

TN12 6BE


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

Paddock Wood

Eldon way

Paddock wood

TN12 6BE


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Medicines Distribution Centre Manager

Charlotte Owen

Charlotte.owen@secamb.nhs.uk

07884547140

Details

Date posted

23 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

278-PSW-0625-NNR

Job locations

Paddock Wood

Eldon way

Paddock wood

TN12 6BE


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