Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7102676
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading

Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant
NHS AFC: Band 3
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a dedicated Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant (MMPA) to support the Medicine Management Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists at ward level to provide Medicines Management services.
The role includes duties such as patient counselling, assembling medicines at ward level, topping up wards with stock.
You will also participate in the dispensing of prescriptions for in-patients and in associated pharmaceutical duties.
Full training will be provided in the department. You must have a willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
Experience of working in a pharmaceutical related or hospital environment is essential. The applicant must possess an NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy services.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To sort returned drugs/waste at ward level, separating items to be credited and those to be discarded, according to procedure; to put back returns on the computer as per procedure.
To participate in the "topping-up" service supplying stocks of medicinal products to wards and departments and participate in the ‘non-stock’ top up service to one stop wards.
To provide information to patients/carers, according to procedures; to provide information about prescription payment, exemption and further supplies as well.
To supervise as required, less experienced pharmacy support workers, pre-registration pharmacy technicians.
To participate in the in-house continuing education programme for medicine management team.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in pharmacy services.
- GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths
Desirable criteria
- NVQ customer services
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Dispensing
- Pharmaceutical practice
Desirable criteria
- Hospital pharmacy practice
- Drug distribution
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous pharmacy hospital experience
- Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a pharmacy support worker
- Knowledge of prescription charges and exemptions
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Numeracy skills
- Able to plan, prioritise and organise workload
- Oral and written Communication skills
Desirable criteria
- IT literate
- Efficient and accurate dispensing
- Proven customer care skills
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Najat Carruthers
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician Medicines Management
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438284032
- Additional information
Najat Carruthers 01438 284032
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