Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Bank: 9 to 5pm and 11 to 7pm on alternate weeks
- Hours
- Flexible working - Late evenings, weekends and bank holidays as per rota.
- Job ref
- 151-NonClin-Pharma03
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £15.75 Per hour including WTD
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 28/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Senior Pharmacy Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
Main duties of the job
- Accurately label and dispense prescriptions, including controlled drugs.
- Support ward stock management and medicines distribution.
- Assist with Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS) and discharge medicines.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with SOPs.
- Provide excellent customer care and work collaboratively with the pharmacy team.
What We’re Looking For:
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services (or willingness to work towards).
- GCSEs in English and Maths.
- Previous experience in a busy environment and strong attention to detail.
- Good IT skills and ability to work as part of a team.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Pharmacy Dispensary Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the safe and efficient operation of the pharmacy dispensary and ward services. Working under the supervision of senior pharmacy staff, you will ensure timely supply of medicines to patients and contribute to maintaining high standards of accuracy and governance.
Main Responsibilities:
- Accurately label and dispense prescriptions for inpatients, outpatients, and discharges, including controlled drugs, in line with departmental SOPs.
- Support ward stock management through top-up services and medicines distribution.
- Assist with Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS) and discharge medicines to facilitate patient flow.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with governance and safety standards.
- Respond to routine enquiries from patients and healthcare staff, providing excellent customer care.
- Participate in medicines management activities, including patient’s own drug (POD) checks and transcribing tasks once accredited.
- Contribute to stock control, ordering, and receipt of goods, ensuring safe storage and handling.
- Support training of new staff and maintain a clean, organised dispensary environment.
- Undertake flexible working patterns, including late shifts and weekends, as part of the rota.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services
- 4 GCSE’s (or equivalent) at grade 4 – 9 (or grade A* - C) to include Mathematics, English Language.
Desirable criteria
- Medicines Management Accreditation or POD checks
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise your workload.
- Able to work on several issues simultaneously and able to reprioritise work in a rapidly changing environment.
- Excellent attention to detail and Confident in computer use.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a pharmacy setting
- Experience of strong teamworking.
Desirable criteria
- Previous Training experience.
- Previous experience of EPIC.
- Recent experience of working in a hospital setting.
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexible hours including late evenings, weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Aaron Ofori-Atta
- Job title
- Pharmacy Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006 155371
- Additional information
Harjit Bansal or Ami-Marie Morten - 03006 153285
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