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Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
1. Good verbal communication.
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2. Good written communication.
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4. Organised, motivated & enthusiastic.
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5. Able to respond to change and apply new developments without difficulty.
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6. Shows initiative.
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7. Demonstrates resilience and an ability to cope under pressure commensurate with the post.
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8. Receptive to the priorities of patients, carers and other staff groups.
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9. Ability to make good relationships with others.
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10. Ability to work flexible and unsocial hours (e.g. on a rota for weekends & bank holidays, periodically for late shifts at times of high workload).
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11. Attention to detail.
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12. Good interpersonal skills.
- Qualifications
1. Literate and numerate to the degree required for job description tasks (reading, writing, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and simple calculations).
- Qualifications
2. Sufficient capability to undertake and complete mandatory NVQ Level 2 units required for the post.
- Qualifications
3. Sufficient capability to complete Pharmacy competency programmes required for the post and be completed within a maximum of 12 months.
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4. Ability to carry out instructions and recall.
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5. Basic Computer literacy.
- Additional Requirements
The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
- Additional Requirements
Good manual dexterity.
- Additional Requirements
Confident and personable to the level required for the post.
- Additional Requirements
Ability to move weights up to 25kg.
- Additional Requirements
No serious uncorrected impairment to hands / hearing / sight that could pose risk to self or others
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to touch type
- Knowledge
1. Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Knowledge
2. Lifting & handling techniques.
- Experience
1. Work experience.
- Experience
2. Experience of working in a customer focused environment.
- Experience
3. Healthcare, dispensing, stores or warehousing experience.
- Experience
4. Experience of team working.
- Qualifications
1. NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services
- Qualifications
2. NVQ2 Warehousing & Distribution
- Qualifications
3. Electric pallet truck or forklift license
Job overview
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Are you motivated and well organised? Then we need you!
This role within Stores and Distribution includes visiting wards and departments as part of the ward top-up service; receipting, preparing and dispatching of goods and recycling of medicines.
This role involves heavy lifting and working collaboratively as part of a team. The role requires significant moving and manual handling, so good dexterity and manual handling skills are essential. Full manual handling training will be provided.
Have you gained experience working in a warehouse environment? Are you accustomed to heavy lifting with the use of appropriate equipment? If so, we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with your set of skills.
We are looking for individuals like you to join our existing, friendly team. Prior experience of stock management would be desirable, but is not essential as full training and support will be given.
You will be supported to complete a mandatory NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills.
Main duties of the job
You will reside within the Distribution Team assisting with the general duties associated with the Central Pharmacy Stores and Distribution Service, including ward top-ups, recycling, picking, packing and dispatch of goods to the Wards and departments. Computer data input on the Pharmacy Stock Control System.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th October 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 9th November 2026
All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.
As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have: - applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this position.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Pharmacy Assistant – Central Pharmacy, Stores & Distribution (CPSD) with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Pharmacy assistant role. The advertised salary is £25,272 p.a. pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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