Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Assistant Clinical Trials
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0905-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 pa/ pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/10/2025
Employer heading

Pharmacy Assistant Clinical Trials & Dispensary
NHS AfC: Band 4
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated and motivated pharmacy assistant to join our expanding Clinical Trials Team. The role will support us to develop and enhance the provision of pharmacy clinical trials, enabling the timely provision of investigational medicinal products within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and dispensing of clinical trial prescriptions to ensure that the service is provided promptly and efficiently in line with GCP.
They will provide support to the pharmacy clinical trials service and the dispensary to ensure trials are appropriately managed, set-up and closed-down, processing amendments, and maintaining site files.
They will safely provide a patient focused, effective and efficient pharmacy trials service, involving ordering, storage and supply of medication to meet the needs of the patients involved in trials.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Pharmacy Services Skills Level 2 or equivalent qualification.
- GCSE Grade 4 (C) or above in English and Mathematics or equivalent qualifications.
- Evidence of short courses / qualifications or equivalent demonstrable experience in supervision of staff.
- Evidence of a leadership qualification or willing to work towards and complete e.g. NHS Team Leader Training Level 3 programme.
- Microsoft Office Packages – evidence of short courses or relevant experience
- Successful completion of or willingness to complete Pharmacy Dispensary training packages e.g. labelling and dispensing, reception duties, stock control.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant GCP training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within hospital pharmacy and using pharmacy-based computer systems.
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Excellent customer service skills demonstrable from previous experience working within pharmacy.
- Experience of working with automated dispensing systems
- Staff development / training/teaching experience.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking appraisals / performance reviews / sickness absence reviews.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Work to high standards of accuracy and reliability demonstrable from previous experience
- Ability to communicate effectively demonstrable from experience (both written and oral)
- Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to form positive relationships.
- Evidence that you can work independently using own initiative.
- Evidence that you can work methodically and prioritise tasks.
- Evidence that you can concentrate for long periods and work under pressure.
- Reliable, trustworthy, and punctual demonstrable from previous experience.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to deal constructively with conflict, verbal aggression, and formal complaints, demonstrable from experience.
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Ability to tolerate interruptions and to deal with complaints.
- Frequent requirement for concentration and ability to tolerate unpredicted work patterns.
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
- Mark Davy
- Job title
- Pharmacy Clinical Trials Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01142715456
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