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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week (Wednesday and Thursday ideally)
Job ref
383-MED-7461-26-A
Employer
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kingsway Hospital, Ashbourne Centre
Town
Derby
Salary
£25,760 - £27,476 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/10/2026 23:59

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Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Pharmacy Team Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 3

Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career?  Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services.  The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

 

Job overview

  • We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced team administrator to join our friendly, established and respected team to support the pharmacy team and  provide secretarial support to the Trust Medicine Optimisation Committee.

  • This job is 2 days a week (0.4 WTE), with at least one of these days being a Thursday.

  • The job location is a hybrid role of working from home and based at Kingsway Hospital.

  •  We actively encourage Continual Professional Development, education and training and will support bespoke role development.

    If this sounds like who you are, then please get in touch to discuss.

Main duties of the job

    • Provides secretarial support for internal pharmacy meetings where required, such as the formal minute taking, provision and circulation of agendas and minutes with supporting documents circulated in accordance with agreed standards. 

    • Provide secretarial support for the Medicine Optimisation Committee and associated Groups, working closely with the secretaries of the meetings. Take the lead of finalising agenda’s and ensuring paperwork meets Trust standards, maintaining electronic Declaration of Interests of committee members, providing secretarial support during meetings and producing minutes. 

    • Provide core administrative services to the wider pharmacy department. 

Working for our organisation

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”

Benefits include:

  • Commitment to flexible working where this is possible

  • 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service 

  • Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training

  • Generous NHS pension scheme

  • Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits

  • Health service discounts and online benefits

  • Incremental pay progression

  • Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7

  • Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network

  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

  • Structured learning and development opportunities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To use computer software systems as required, including specialist clinical and pharmacy systems i.e. SystmOne, Microsoft and any relevant AI tools such as co-pilot, and willingness to undertake any training required for any new systems. 

  • Provides a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to Senior Pharmacy Leadership Team and Pharmacy Department. 

  • Plan and manage own time effectively and work unsupervised on a daily basis. 

  • Maintain confidentiality.  Ensure all personal information relating to staff and service users and carers are managed in accordance with the information governance policy. 

  • Undertake all mandatory training, in accordance with role. 

 

  • Provides secretarial support and organisation for internal pharmacy meetings where required, such as the formal minute taking, provision and circulation of agendas and minutes with supporting documents circulated in accordance with agreed standards, including but not exclusive to Team Brief.  

  • Provide secretarial support for the Medicine Optimisation Committee and associated Groups, working closely with the secretaries of the meetings. Take the lead of finalising agenda’s and ensuring paperwork meets Trust standards, maintaining electronic Declaration of Interests of committee members, providing secretarial support during meetings and producing minutes. 

  • Upload ratified policies and procedures to Trust intranet and ensure the pharmacy Trust intranet sections are maintained as accurate. 

  • Support the pharmacy team in maintaining up-to-date policies and procedures within the department including use of SharePoint. 

  • Photocopying, scanning and collating of documents to support meetings,  

  • Provides employee relations support for all members of the department, including:  

  • To participate in the workplace induction of new staff and trainees as required. 

  • Maintains current records for professional registration  

  • Preparation and management of interview paperwork to support recruitment including use of TRAC. 

  • Production of annual leave forms, calculating and re-calculating entitlement upon commencing, leaving, changing hours, length of service, etc. 

  • Support new staff inductions by ensuring new starters have office forms, fire register/signing in sheets maintained, etc. 

  • Support with distribution of staff uniforms. 

  • Assists Senior Pharmacy Leadership Team with monthly audits such as, inputting data, printing off reports from electronic dashboards and excel spreadsheets and filing documents in an effective and timely manner.  

  • Responsible for various administrative tasks on behalf of the Senior Pharmacy Leadership Team and Pharmacy Department, such as reports, pharmacy projects, letters, memos, emails, PowerPoint presentations, excel spreadsheets and rotas. 

  • Responsible for organising meetings on behalf of the Chief Pharmacist, Senior Pharmacy Leadership Team and Pharmacy Department. Providing Microsoft team meeting requests or sourcing appropriate venues, equipment and catering when necessary. 

  • To undertake general office duties for all the Pharmacy Department as required 

  • Supports the department in preparation for quality visits, MHRA inspections, Pharmacy premises registration and CQC inspections.

  • Work with other administrative team members to collectively implement policies and procedures within the service, in an effort to introduce smarter and more efficient working practices. 

  • Communicate and liaise with other internal Trust departments and individuals through a range of interpersonal and IT media. 

  • To participate in Individual Performance Review and Personal Development plans on an annual basis and to undertake training as identified within these discussions and as indicated by the requirements of the post. 

  • To support Clinical Governance initiatives from within the Team as specified.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • English GCSE or equivalent at grade C or higher
Desirable criteria
  • RSA III typewriting/word processing or equivalent

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Time management skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Team working
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working within the NHS

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of using IT including Microsoft Office
  • Accurate minute taking skills
  • Able to manage competing and rapidly-changing priorities and requirements
Desirable criteria
  • Use of co-pilot or other AI tool to generate meeting minutes
  • Providing secretarial support to Trust-wide meetings

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Michelle Lad
Job title
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07881940436
Additional information

Contact Michelle Lad for more information about this position or an informal chat.

Available Monday - Friday 9am-5pm

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Recruitment Team
Kingsway Hospital
Telephone
01332 564856 option 1, option 1
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