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Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic hard working and patient focussed person with an interest in pharmacy?
Are you currently working as a pharmacy dispenser in community and are looking to gain experience in a hospital setting?
If you are keen to join a forward thinking pharmacy department supporting patient care we would love to hear from you.
The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Pharmacy Assistant – dispensing services
As an employer we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation people are proud to work for.
**The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics, run fitness classes and organise mindfulness sessions**
Main duties of the job
We are one of the largest trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to people in Preston and Chorley and specialist care (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Burns and Plastics, Oncology and Renal Medicine) to 1.5m people across Lancashire and South Cumbria in addition we are proud to be the regional Major Trauma Centre providing life and limb saving treatment for patients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.
- Working with pharmacy teams to prepare and supply medicines products directly towards for patient use
- Stock control including ordering, receipting drug deliveries stock rotation, expiry checking and date checking
- Sorting medications, disposing of unwanted medicines and updating pharmacy computer.
- Medicines supply
- Dispensary based duties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients of the Trust
- Dispensing medications
- Stock control, stock rotation, expiry date checking and use of the Pharmacy IT System
- Provides an effective reception service, receiving incoming work and dealing with customer enquiries.
- Maintains stock of dispensing sundries and carries out housekeeping duties to maintain good environmental standards.
- Supports the training and development of pharmacy team
The core hours of duty are a 7.5 hour shift from 8am - 19:30 Monday to Friday. Applicants will be expected to participate in weekend and Bank holiday on a rota basis.
This role is cross site at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley Hospital.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum, pro rata for part time workers. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Jun 2026.
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