# Dispensing Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Dispensing Unit

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, King's Mill Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacy assistant
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T14:14:59.770Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Sutton_Ashfield/Sherwood_Forest_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8286468
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8286468?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you looking for a role where your work directly contributes to safer, better patient care? Join our Pharmacy Production team and play a vital part in ensuring patients receive high‑quality, safe, and appropriately prepared medicines.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to join a committed and skilled team dedicated to maximising the availability of safe, appropriate medication to support excellent patient care.

Please note, this is NOT a Pharmacy Dispensing role.

You will work across three key areas within Pharmacy Production:

Aseptic Dispensing Unit

Your primary focus will be within our Aseptic Dispensing Unit, where you will assemble and prepare patient‑specific injectable medications for clinics and wards throughout the Trust. You will work within a Pharmacy clean room, wearing specialist clothing and prepare medications inside a pharmaceutical isolator.

Quality Control Department

You will be trained and validated to support the Quality Control team, carrying out essential checks on unlicensed medicines and products labelled in our Pre‑packing Unit.

Pre‑packing Unit

You will also be validated to work within the Pre‑packing Unit, labelling bulk quantities of medicines for both internal and external Trust customers, as well as picking and accuracy‑checking orders.

If you are enthusiastic, organised, and committed to supporting excellent patient care, we would be delighted to receive your application and welcome you to our team.

### Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of following procedures
- Proven team member and ability to work alone
- Proven oral and written communication skills
- IT / Keyboard skills

**Desirable**

- Stock control
- Filing/record keeping
- Sterile environment
- Good housekeeping skills

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE Maths and English Grade C or equivalent
- NVQ Pharmacy level 2 in pharmacy services

### Further Training

**Essential**

- In house training programmes including labelling, aseptic dispensing, and distribution
- Regular validation in aseptic technique
- Training in the use of relevant computer programmes

**Desirable**

- Manual handling training
- Health and Safety Training, including COSHH, Fire and Security

### Knowledge Requirements

**Essential**

- In-house training and experience for prescription interpretation, labelling and aseptic dispensing equivalent to NVQ level 3

**Desirable**

- To possess knowledge of working in a sterile environment

### Contractual Requirements

**Essential**

- Flexible approach to working hours
- Regular attendance during the required hours
- Weekend and bank holiday working

**Desirable**

- Ability to travel between hospital sites

## Documents

- [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702)
- [application guide (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2448)
- [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938)
- [nursing, midwifery & ahp strategy 25-28 (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2492)
- [dispensing pharmacy assistant - aseptic dispensing unit (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10603842)

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