North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Assistant

The closing date is 04 February 2026

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated person to undertake general duties within the pharmacy stores and the dispensary, to aid in the smooth and efficient running of the department. Bank holidays, Saturdays and Sundays are worked on a rostered basis, under Agenda for Change T&Cs

Working within a team the post holder will support the Pharmacy department to deliver a high quality service to patients and users, adhering to standards of service delivery, and managing stock control.

Main duties of the job

A - Pharmacy Stores

Ward IV fluid top ups.

Stock maintenance

Receipt of deliveries, checking of delivery notes and reporting anomalies.

Picking of drugs from lists generated by ward top up/department personnel or Omnicells and inputting data from picking lists

Undertake top up of ward stocks by visiting the wards and checking the stock in the ward cupboards against a pre set list of medicines and stock levels, and checking expiry dates. This may also include use of Omnicell cabinets.

Enabling compliance with Falsified Medicines Directive or future equivalent legislation via use of pharmacy barcode scanning technology.

B - Dispensary

Issuing ward stocks on non-top up days.

Top up of dispensary consumables.

Sorting returned drugs and returning them onto the computer - decision to be made according to defined criterion

Reception duties, including answering phone, presenting "front of house" duties for staff, patients and visitors, liaising and problem solving for ward staff and patients.

C - Omnicells

Restocking of Omnicell items.

Ensure cabinets are maintained in an orderly fashion, reporting any malfunctions as required.

See Job Description for further details

About us

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Date posted

21 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

345-CSU7-7716790

Job locations

University Hospital of Hartlepool

Holdforth road

Hartlepool

TS24 9AH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Essential

Well established numeracy and literacy skills (G.C.S.E. or equivalent at grade C or above in Mathematics and English.)
Demonstrate a good working knowledge of windows based IT systems
Ability to pay good attention to detail
Experience of working in a customer focused environment

Desirable

Experience of work in a healthcare environment

Person Specification

Essential

Well established numeracy and literacy skills (G.C.S.E. or equivalent at grade C or above in Mathematics and English.)
Demonstrate a good working knowledge of windows based IT systems
Ability to pay good attention to detail
Experience of working in a customer focused environment

Desirable

Experience of work in a healthcare environment

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospital of Hartlepool

Holdforth road

Hartlepool

TS24 9AH

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospital of Hartlepool

Holdforth road

Hartlepool

TS24 9AH

Employer's website

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