# Dispensary Pharmacy Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/dispensary-pharmacy-assistant/d6632af1-86f9-43db-8e68-051a5ba66432 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/dispensary-pharmacy-assistant/d6632af1-86f9-43db-8e68-051a5ba66432.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Preston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy assistant - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum, pro rata for part time workers - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 30 hours per week (Part time - 30 hours per week (7.5 hour shift from 8am - 19:30 Monday to Friday. You will be expected to participate in weekend and Bank holiday on a rota basis.)) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-22T13:30:51.993Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8387892 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8387892?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in a team - Knowledge of stock control systems - Good telephone/ communication skills - Computer experience including good keyboard skills - Knowledge of Health & safety **Desirable** - Experience of working in pharmacy - Experience of working in a customer facing role - Experience of working in a busy environment. ### Qualifications and Education **Essential** - Maths and English GCSE / equivalent - Grade C or above in both **Desirable** - NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services ## Documents - [what we can offer you (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2464) - [creating your best application (pdf, 6.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2433) - [pharmacy dispensary assistant (pdf, 528.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10717528) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.