# Medicine Management Pharmacy Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medicine-management-pharmacy-assistant/e434ca2e-99f4-4fb3-bbfe-0228dc383042 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medicine-management-pharmacy-assistant/e434ca2e-99f4-4fb3-bbfe-0228dc383042.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Royal Oldham 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 - **Closing date:** 2026-08-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-20T08:30:51.799Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Oldham/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8066949 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8066949?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Medicines Management Assistant Applicants must be able to meet the apprenticeship criteria to apply for this role, unless post holder already holds NVQ level 2 pharmacy assistant qualification. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic team member, working at The Royal Oldham Hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Medicines Management Assistant, with good communication and teamwork skills to carry out the role on various busy wards. If you value patient-centred care, and want to developing your skills and knowledge, we would like to hear from you. We are keen to develop this role whilst supporting training and progression. You will need excellent organisational skills in order to undertake this role and be able to work accurately and quickly under pressure, have a good eye for detail, be able to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service. ### Main duties of the job Applicants must be reliable, adaptable to change, capable of working in a busy environment and have excellent people skills to be able to communicate with a large range of healthcare professionals, patients and their relatives. The successful applicant will be responsible for offering a medicines management support service to the pharmacy and ward teams. This involves speaking to patients and relatives about their medicines, helping to avoid missed doses, transferring medicines to other wards and to deliver a strong pharmacy presence in a demanding environment. The post holder will be a vital link between the multidisciplinary team at ward level and the Pharmacy service. You must be able to prioritise your workload, use initiative, work under pressure, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service. This post involves working weekends. Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services; or 4 GCSE’s grade C or above, 2 of which must include English and Maths (training for NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services, BTEC syllabus is provided if qualification not achieved at appointment) ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Able to work quickly and accurately under pressure - Ability to work under their own initiative - Ability to negotiate - Ability to problem solve - Able to receive complex and/or sensitive information and act accordingly - Good communication (written and verbal skills) - Basic IT skills - Good organisational skills **Desirable** - Self-reliant ### Knowledge, Training & Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within a team - Awareness of the range of duties involved in the post **Desirable** - A knowledge of stock control systems - Knowledge of Pharmacy services - Previous experience in hospital or community pharmacy ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10357895) - [functional requirements (pdf, 120.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10357896) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016) - [sponsorship & visa information (pdf, 106.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708) ## 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.