Job overview
TEWV pharmacy team are recruiting a dispensing assistant to join our pharmacy at West Park Hospital, Darlington. This new post will allow the successful candidate to progress from a band 2 to a band 3 senior pharmacy assistant after completing the relevant criteria required.
The successful applicant will be an exceptional team player with good communication and interpersonal skills who are enthusiastic and committed to join our team. Ideally applicants will have previous experience in working within a pharmacy as a dispensing assistant, but this is not essential. Applicants own transport is desirable but not essential.
This is an exciting time to join a supportive team with development opportunities in a growing NHS pharmacy team.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work under pharmacy SOPs to provide medicines top up and stock management for wards, with supervision available from pharmacy technicians. They will dispense medication against prescriptions and requisitions, calculating appropriate doses and doses for both inpatient and outpatients following SOPs, ensuring prescriptions and requisitions are legal and safe.
You will receive medication supplies from wholesalers and electronically record this and remove unwanted medication from the wards to determine what is suitable for return or destruction as per policies. You will dispense controlled drugs forward stock and named patients following all legal requirements.
They will maintain up to date knowledge and competency in the skills required to perform safely and effectively in the role and to undertake relevant statutory and mandatory training and to be responsible for personal development agreed with line manager.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job descriptions and person specifications for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills - both oral and written including good telephone manner
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work under supervision, and independently as appropriate
- Customer care
- Accuracy and attention to detail
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate good organisational and time management skills
- Manual dexterity – medication handling
- An ability to receive, interpret, analyse and deliver information
Experience
Essential
- Experience of stock management customer care setting
- Telephone, email and internet experience
- Experience of working supportively within a team
Desirable
- Experience of working in pharmacy environment
- Experience with the use of appropriate software packages including Excel and Word
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic general education, GCSE grade D or above in English and Maths
Desirable
- NVQ or equivalent level 2 pharmacy
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This advert is for Pharmacy Assistant (Progression Post) with Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust in Darlington, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,272 - £27,476 pro rata, per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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