Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 180-B-253143
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrookes Hospital
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Assistant – Central Pharmacy, Stores & Distribution (CPSD)
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Are you motivated and well organised? Then we need you!
This role within Stores and Distribution, includes visiting Wards and departments as part of the IV Fluid and Ward top-up service; receipting, preparing and dispatching of goods and recycling of medicines.
It involves heavy lifting and working collaboratively as part of a team. It requires significant moving and manual handling, so good dexterity and manual handling skills are essential. Full manual handling training will be provided.
Have you gained experience working in a warehouse environment? Are you accustomed to heavy lifting with the use of appropriate equipment? If so, we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with your set of skills.
We are looking for individuals like you to join our existing, friendly team. Prior experience of stock management would be desirable, but is not essential as full training and support will be given.
You will be supported to complete an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills.
Main duties of the job
The Successful candidate will reside within the Stores Team assisting with the general duties associated with the Central Pharmacy Stores and Distribution Service, including goods receipting, IV Service top-up, Ward top-up, recycling, picking, packing and dispatch of goods to the Wards and departments. Computer data input on the Pharmacy Stock Control System.
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.
Please note:
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
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 22nd October 2025.
Interviews are due to be held on 3rd of November 2025.
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
- 1. Literate and numerate to the degree required for job description tasks (reading, writing, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and simple calculations).
- 2. Sufficient capability to undertake and complete mandatory NVQ Level 2 units required for the post.
- 3. Sufficient capability to complete Pharmacy competency programmes required for the post and be completed within a maximum of 12 months.
- 4. Ability to carry out instructions and recall.
- 5. Basic Computer literacy.
Desirable criteria
- 1. NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services
- 2. NVQ2 Warehousing & Distribution
- 3. Electric pallet truck or forklift license
Experience
Desirable criteria
- 1. Work experience.
- 2. Experience of working in a customer focused environment.
- 3. Healthcare, dispensing, stores or warehousing experience.
- 4. Experience of team working.
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- 1. Evidence of continuing professional development.
- 2. Lifting & handling techniques.
Skills
Essential criteria
- 1. Good verbal communication.
- 2. Good written communication.
- 4. Organised, motivated & enthusiastic.
- 5. Able to respond to change and apply new developments without difficulty.
- 6. Shows initiative.
- 7. Demonstrates resilience and an ability to cope under pressure commensurate with the post.
- 8. Receptive to the priorities of patients, carers and other staff groups.
- 9. Ability to make good relationships with others.
- 10. Ability to work flexible and unsocial hours (e.g. on a rota for weekends & bank holidays, periodically for late shifts at times of high workload).
- 11. Attention to detail.
Desirable criteria
- Ability ot Tuch Type i.e the ability to type quickly without looking at the computer keyboard
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cassie Wildego
- Job title
- Senior Pharmacy Technician- CPSD Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 388042
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