Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (plus late, weekend and bank holiday duties.)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3364
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £30,546 - £32,207 Per annum (pro rata) including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant
Band 3
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.
For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’
By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Job overview
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Whittington Health NHS Trust team as a Band 3 Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant.
This essential role supports the safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines across the hospital. The postholder will provide medicines top-up services, check and rotate stock, support the safe use of Patients’ Own Drugs, and contribute to the reduction of medicines waste.
They will also assist in dispensary operations, stock distribution, and the smooth transfer of medicines between wards whilst ensuring high standards of medicines management are adhered to across the trust.
They will liaise closely with nursing, pharmacy and ward staff and contribute to medicines optimisation initiatives that improve service efficiency and patient outcomes.
This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in a hospital pharmacy and ward environment, working as part of a friendly and supportive team.
Main duties of the job
For more information relating to the main duties and responsibilities of the role, please refer to the Job Description included in this advert
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information relating to the main duties and responsibilities of the role, please refer to the Job Description included in this advert
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Experience
Essential criteria
- GCSE qualifications including Mathematics and English (above grade 4)
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- One year’s experience as a pharmacy assistant (or pharmacy related work) or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of pharmacy knowledge and procedures
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to follow written procedures and verbal instructions accurately.
- Able to communicate effectively with all grades of staff throughout the Trust (verbally and in writing)
- Numeracy Skills
- Able to organise and prioritise workload, provide attention to detail and meet pre-determined deadlines
- Good clear and well-spoken written and verbal English
- Effective patient communication and colleague skills e.g. customer service skills.
- IT Literacy Skills e.g. using Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the principles of efficient stock control e.g. stock rotation, expiry dates, and minimum stock-levels and re-order levels.
- Awareness of the dangers associated with handling potentially hazardous products such as flammable liquids and cytotoxics.
- Awareness of the need for patient confidentiality
- Experience of using IT/Computer systems in a workplace setting e.g. Pharmacy systems
- Experience of working in a large multi-disciplinary team.
- Previous experience of working in a Hospital or Retail Pharmacy Customer Services.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in an inpatient ward setting and supporting medicines management.
- Experience on collecting data to support in audit or quality improvement.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Reliable & Self-motivated.
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Able to work alone and as part of a team.
- Ability to be flexible in approach to work.
- Good organisational skills.
- Commitment to Continuing Personal Development.
- Demonstrates initiative, motivation and enthusiasm for the post.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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
- Claire Poh Adzah
- Job title
- Urgent & Emergency Care Specialist Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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