Job overview

Join Our Dedicated Pharmacy Team

We are looking for enthusiastic and hardworking individuals to join us as Pharmacy Supply Assistants, supporting the accurate and timely supply of medicines across the organisation. If you are organised, proactive, and enjoy working as part of a busy team, this could be the role for you.

About the Role

As a Pharmacy Supply Assistant, you will help ensure that wards and departments receive the medicines and pharmaceutical products they need. Working across dispensary, distribution and logistics, you will play an essential role in maintaining an efficient and responsive pharmacy service.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supplying medicines and pharmaceuticals to wards and departments
• Supporting stock management and ensuring accurate documentation
• Assisting with the coordination of the ward top‑up service
• Monitoring workflow within the distribution area
• Providing excellent communication with pharmacy colleagues and clinical teams

Main duties of the job

Dispensary Duties

As part of our dispensary team, you will undertake a range of activities including:

• Supporting the processing of inpatient, outpatient, and discharge prescriptions
• Preparing medicines for supply under supervision
• Contributing to the day‑to‑day running of the dispensary

You will predominantly be based in the dispensary, helping deliver a comprehensive pharmacy service to acute hospital wards, community hospitals, and other patient settings

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you in touch with the recruitment team. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.