• Job Description

  Req#: C9246-26-0203?language=en&page=38&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Would you like to join our friendly team at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust as a dispensary assistant?

  Based at Hellesdon Hospital, the dispensary provides a high-quality pharmacy service. The dispensary currently supplies medication to a variety of wards including Adult Acute, dementia and complexity in later life, child and adolescent and forensic services. We also provide a clozapine supply service to a large number of outpatients, the majority of which is processed by our robotic dispensing machine.

  If you are motivated, hard working and have good communication skills with good accuracy and attention to detail, then this may be a good opportunity for you. You will need a NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent.

  Please note this is a fixed term position for 2 years to cover a secondment.

  Main duties of the job

  The post holder will:

  • Manage the stores and pre-pack service of the pharmacy
  • Enter on the computer, generate orders, compile and supply ward stock items
  • Be lead for top-up services to allocated wards and departments
  • Dispense in-patient and out-patient prescriptions and individual named-patient medications
  • Maintain hygiene, health and safety through performing routine housekeeping tasks in the pharmacy department

  About us

  Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

  Why work for us? We are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations and pushing ahead with exciting transformation work. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

  Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

  Details

  Date posted

  17 February 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,937 to £26,598 a year gross per annum (pro rata)

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  2 years

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  246-COR7761755

  Job locations

  Hellesdon Hospital

  Drayton High Road,

  Norwich

  NR6 5BE

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

  Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more

  Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

  Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more

  Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ level 2, including dispensing module
  • 5 GCSEs grade C or above (or equivalent) in a science subject, mathematics and English

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of dispensing
  • Working in a busy dispensary environment

  Desirable

  • NHS experience

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Understanding of Confidentiality

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ level 2, including dispensing module
  • 5 GCSEs grade C or above (or equivalent) in a science subject, mathematics and English

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of dispensing
  • Working in a busy dispensary environment

  Desirable

  • NHS experience

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Understanding of Confidentiality

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

  Address

  Hellesdon Hospital

  Drayton High Road,

  Norwich

  NR6 5BE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

  Address

  Hellesdon Hospital

  Drayton High Road,

  Norwich

  NR6 5BE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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