Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- CPL pay rates
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 190-CPL-19
- Employer
- Crucible Pharmacy Ltd
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £27,096 p.a. if NVQ Level 2 Dispensing Assistant qualified
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2026 08:00
- Interview date
- 12/08/2026
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? Due to the expansion of our services, Crucible Pharmacy Limited (CPL), is looking for new Pharmacy Assistants to join our friendly pharmacy teams.
We are seeking self-motivated Pharmacy Assistants, ideally NVQ Level 2 Dispensing Assistant qualified and with strong customer service experience and a demonstrable interest in working in pharmacy services. Applications are welcome for one permanent full time post based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and one permanent part time post (22.5 hours per week) based at Northern General Hospital.
We offer an excellent benefits package including competitive annual leave and an annual bonus (subject to scheme rules).
In your application, please set out clearly how you meet the requirements for the post.
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.
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application.
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 dynamic and forward-thinking 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
- Strong customer service experience
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
Experience
Essential criteria
- Strong customer service 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
- Stephanie Thompson
- Job title
- Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 244 7189
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