Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: working days and hours to be agreed at interview
- Hours
- Part time - 11.25 hours per week (working days and hours to be agreed at interview)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7104692
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet Hospital
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £29,176 - £30,225 per annum (pro-rata) inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 3 Pharmacy support worker - Stores and Distribution
NHS AfC: Band 3
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
The post holder will supervise a team of pharmacy support workers and apprentices in the Stores & Distribution areas. They will be responsible for training staff in activities such as accurately ordering/ picking of all stock medicines requested from wards and departments, hatch duty, stock receipt and stock control. They will be responsible for supporting the Pharmacy Stores Team in the provision of an efficient service to all users and in the day to day running of Pharmacy Stores Department following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). And they will behave in a manner that is sensitive and that always ensures patient confidentiality.
he postholder will consistently work in an accurate, effective and efficient manner to support the provision of a high quality service to patients, trust staff and departments. They will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust values. This means that in undertaking this role the postholder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care.
The post-holder must always carry out their role in line with the Trust World Class values.
Main duties of the job
- To unpack, check, record and put away stock pharmaceutical products according to SOPs. Completing documentation including dating and signing.
- To receive stock i.e., book goods on to the Pharmacy JAC computer system and to endorse all Delivery Notes in accordance with SOPs
- To load checked items into the automated dispensing machine
- To report on and follow-up any identified discrepancies including invoice/delivery queries
- To sort and file all prescriptions, requisitions, and invoices/delivery records daily and to find and retrieve such documents when necessary
- To carryout ward/department stock top up service against an agreed stock list
- To assemble ward distribution boxes/containers/dispensary(satellite) orders and all other stock requests accurately and in an appropriate delivery container. This will involve heavy lifting.
Working for our organisation
The Pharmacy department at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is an ambitious and quality improvement focused team who are committed to optimising the use of medicines and providing the best pharmaceutical care to our patients. We are proud to lead the way in integrated training partnerships, digital transformation and cost improvement programmes (CIP).
The Pharmacy Service comprises of Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary services, ward based clinical pharmacy services, Medicines Advice, aseptic and non-sterile production services, pharmacy stores & distribution, procurement and homecare services. We cover a range of clinical specialties including HIV, general medicine, emergency services, surgery, rheumatology, hepatology, anti-coagulation, oncology & haematology, women’s health, paediatrics and infection control.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Education adn proffessional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Achieved grades
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in Pharmacy
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Folan
- Job title
- Chief Technician - Stores and Distribution manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 216 5382
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