Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Senior Pharmacy Assistant -Dispensary Services

The closing date is 04 May 2026

Job summary

Assist the pharmacy technicians and pharmacists in the provision of the broad range of pharmacy technical services provided across the Trust working on their own initiative, referring to their supervisor-a pharmacy technician or pharmacist when necessary.

Support the work in the provision of an extended service.

Assistant Technical Officers are expected to expand and broaden their skills and abilities. They must operate at all times under the direct supervision of a qualified Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist.

Provides pharmacy service including dispensing medicines to patients.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for enthusiastic Dispensing Assistants to work within the pharmacy department at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.

The main duties are to carry out the labelling & dispensing of medicines under the supervision of a pharmacy technician or pharmacist to patients.

All applicants must have good communication and organisational skills.

They must be flexible and able to work well under pressure.

The post holder must hold a level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services Skills or equivalent and the relevant underpinning knowledge.

Four GSCEs, including Math's, English and a Science subject are essential.

Experience in hospital pharmacy is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided for the successful candidates.

About us

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space

Date posted

20 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

407-WCCSS-7812542

Job locations

Walsall Healthcare Trust

Moat Road

Walsall

WS2 9PS

Job description

Job responsibilities

To carry out routine supply of medicines under supervision of a qualified member of staff with the appropriate support for the assistants level of training and experience including:

Inpatient dispensing

Controlled Drug dispensing

Recycling and returning medicines no longer needed.

To receive prescriptions, labelling and dispensing routine items for inpatients and out patients, seeking advice from senior staff where appropriate.

To dispense and self-check medications both manually and with the use of a computerised automated dispensing system. This requires use of a bar code technology and scanners.

To dispense non routine medicines e.g. complex prescriptions under the direct supervision of a pharmacy technician or pharmacist.

To operate at all times within the local standard operating procedures relevant to the area of work.

To work on reception in the provision of hatch and associated duties receiving work from wards and departments through the pharmacy reception entering details onto the pharmacy tracker system.

To carry out filing, photocopying and scanning of paperwork within the department when required.

To fill up bottles, bags and sundry items ensuring availability of items at all times.

To answer the telephone handling routine enquiries and referring all non-routine to the specified personnel to ensure accurate communication channels are maintained within the hospital.

To store stock in the correct shelf locations ensuring appropriate stock rotation measures are in place.

To check expiry dates and undertake stock rotation of stock held within individuals areas of responsibility.

To recycle, return and destroy any unwanted medicines from wards and departments following standard operating procedure and under the supervision of a technician.

To dispense and record appropriate details according to written protocols for unlicensed and named patient medicines within pharmacy.

To dispense controlled drugs to be held as stock on wards and for the completion of EDS medicines completing the necessary legal documentation.

To be able to participate in any education and training programmes.

To assist in ensuring that a high quality Pharmacy service is maintained.

All applicants must have good communication and organisational skills

They must be flexible and able to work under pressure

The post holder must hold a NVQ in Pharmacy Service Skills and the relevant underpinning knowledge or equivalent.

Four GSCEs, including Maths, English and a Science subject are essential .