Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- CPL pay rates
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 190-CPL-16
- Employer
- Crucible Pharmacy Ltd
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £26,054 p.a.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/02/2026 08:00
- Interview date
- 26/02/2026
Employer heading
Crucible Pharmacy Limited
Pharmacy Assistant
CPL pay rates
Job overview
Are you passionate about making a difference in patient care through innovative pharmacy services? Crucible Pharmacy Limited (CPL), a dynamic and forward-thinking wholly owned subsidiary of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH), is looking for a new Pharmacy Assistant to join our friendly pharmacy team at our Royal Hallamshire Hospital outpatient pharmacy .
We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated Pharmacy Assistant, ideally NVQ Level 2 Dispensing Assistant qualified. This position is available with a starting salary of £26,054 p.a. if NVQ2 qualified, preferably full time with an excellent benefits package including competitive annual leave and an annual bonus.
Please note the post holder will be employed by Crucible Pharmacy Limited and not Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
We may invite candidates to interview prior to the closing date and the post may close early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage you to apply promptly.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to:
- liaise with patients, hospital staff and delivery partners to ensure timely home deliveries of medicines
- undertake basic level CMM computer work after suitable training
- calculate varying degrees of complex doses and quantities to supply on prescriptions
- work on reception, taking in and handing out prescriptions, taking payment and dealing with customer queries
- receive and check pharmaceuticals delivered to established procedures, being aware of health and safety regulations. Ensuring that security and storage requirements are maintained throughout
- ensure that pharmaceuticals are stored correctly, stock is rotated, and expiry dates are checked to established procedures
- assist in monitoring stock levels and completing stock-take procedures where a high level of accuracy is required.
Working for our organisation
Crucible Pharmacy Ltd (CPL) is owned by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust but operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary providing pharmacy services to outpatients from two dispensaries covering all of the trust sites. It provides a dispensing service for inpatient discharge prescriptions including compliance aids and has new, state of the art, outpatient dispensaries featuring the latest technology in automated dispensing systems.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work on reception, taking in and handing out prescriptions, taking payment and dealing with customer queries.
To liaise with patients, hospital staff and delivery partners to ensure timely home deliveries of medicines.
To undertake basic level CMM computer work after suitable training
To calculate varying degrees of complex doses and quantities to supply on prescriptions.
To receive and check pharmaceuticals delivered to established procedures, being aware of health and safety regulations. Ensuring that security and storage requirements are maintained throughout.
To ensure that pharmaceuticals are stored correctly, stock is rotated, and expiry dates are checked to established procedures.
To assist in monitoring stock levels and completing stock-take procedures where a high level of accuracy is required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- English and Maths GCSE grade 4 (C) or above / equivalent qualification
- General Pharmaceutical Council approved qualification e.g. NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services / BTec level 2
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to use computer systems including Microsoft packages
- Experience of using pharmacy-based computer systems
- Previous experience in a hospital or community pharmacy setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience / knowledge of the principles of stock control
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to work independently using own initiative
- Able to deal constructively with conflict, complaints, and verbal aggression
- Reliable, trustworthy and punctual demonstrable from previous experience
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
- Nofisat Oduwole
- Job title
- Assistant Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 271 3444
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