Job summary
- Main area
- Division B-Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-264022
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/01/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/02/2026
Employer heading
Pharmacy Homecare Administrative Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
The Virtual Pharmacy Homecare Service have an exciting opportunity to welcome a Pharmacy Assistant into our team.
The UK Homecare Pharmacy sector is growing rapidly and our Pharmacy Homecare Team currently manage the supply of medicines directly to the homes of over 10,000 patients.
We are looking for a forward thinking, organised and motivated person to join our dynamic Pharmacy Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with us to meet the needs of our large, varied and highly specialised patient cohort and various clinical teams ranging from Rheumatology to Respiratory to Neurology.
You will play a key role in the provision of specialist services helping us to deliver and improve the quality of patient care.
This team facilitates maintaining the safe supply of medicines to patients homes, allowing them to stay at home and reducing visits to the hospital.
Main duties of the job
This varied role also includes carrying out general duties associated with Pharmacy Homecare Services:
- Reception duties (via email and telephone)
- Invoice receiving to patient record
- Invoice reconciliation
- Raising purchase orders
- Updating databases
Homecare pharmacy/pharmacy experience is not essential as full training will be given. If you want to be part of a forward thinking team and would like more information, then please do not hesitate to contact us.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please be aware that the salary threshold required for a certificate of sponsorship to be granted is above the starting point of the Agenda for Change band for this role. Therefore those that are new to the NHS may not reach the minimum salary threshold required to obtain a certificate of sponsorship.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 27th January 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 4th February 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- Literate and numerate
- Basic computer literacy
- NVQ2 Pharmaceutical Services
Desirable criteria
- Equivalent homecare centered training. Where required training will be provided, and completion required in the first 12 months of employment.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of prioritising, planning and organising own tasks
- Experience of customer service or dealing with the public
- Data entry
- Experience of IT packages - Microsoft Office, Excel and access Data entry
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of dealing with difficult situations and confrontations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
- Understanding of customer service
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the Trust including awareness of the Trust's priorities
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good communication skills including telephone, email and face to face
- Ability to follow processes and procedures
- High level of ability to organise and manage own time, keeping to schedule and deadlines
- Willing to take on/learn new skills
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Ripp
- Job title
- Principle Pharmacy Technician- Homecare services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 274334
- Additional information
Alternative contact number - 01223 250733
Maria Roe, Lead Homecare Specialist - [email protected]
Andrew Lai, Homecare Pharmacist - [email protected]
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