Job requirements
Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Team working
- Knowledge & Skills
IT skills
- Knowledge & Skills
Good communication skills
- Qualifications & Training
English and Maths Level 2 Functional skills / GCSE Grade A-C/9-4
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Please note this is a professional post starting as a Band 2 and moving to a Band 3 on completion of training.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and drive team player to join the rapidly growing pharmacy team at the James Cook university Hospital. You will be working within the busy pharmacy dispensary team assisting in the provision of an effective and timely service to the patients and staff of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust under the leadership of the Senior Pharmacy Technician dispensary manager.
The successful candidate will work full time hours 08.30-17:00 Monday – Friday.
Weekend working once every 5 weeks Saturday or Sunday (9.00-17.00), reimbursed with a full weekday off the following week.
Would be expected to contribute to bank holiday working rota.
Main duties of the job
The role consists of supporting with running of the pharmacy dispensary including covering reception, using the pharmacy tracking system, bagging medication ready for deliveries, putting away stocks into the pharmacy robot and medication shelves, filing prescriptions and paperwork, expiry date checking and other general house keeping duties.
On completion of training, you will be dispensing a wide variety of prescription types including controlled drugs, prescription only medicines and unlicensed drugs for the inpatients of JCUH and the community hospitals.
Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
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.
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This advert is for Pharmacy Assistant/Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Middlesbrough, England. It is listed as a Band 2, Band 3 Pharmacy assistant role. The advertised salary is £25,272 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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