Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS Site Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Town Sheffield Salary £27,485 - £30,162 pa/ pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2025 23:59 Interview date 24/10/2025
Pharmacy Assistant Clinical Trials & DispensaryNHS AfC: Band 4
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated and motivated pharmacy assistant to join our expanding Clinical Trials Team. The role will support us to develop and enhance the provision of pharmacy clinical trials, enabling the timely provision of investigational medicinal products within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and dispensing of clinical trial prescriptions to ensure that the service is provided promptly and efficiently in line with GCP.
They will provide support to the pharmacy clinical trials service and the dispensary to ensure trials are appropriately managed, set-up and closed-down, processing amendments, and maintaining site files.
They will safely provide a patient focused, effective and efficient pharmacy trials service, involving ordering, storage and supply of medication to meet the needs of the patients involved in trials.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specificationQualifications
- GCSE Grade 4 (C) or above in English and Mathematics or equivalent qualifications.
- Evidence of short courses / qualifications or equivalent demonstrable experience in supervision of staff.
- Evidence of a leadership qualification or willing to work towards and complete e.g. NHS Team Leader Training Level 3 programme.
- Microsoft Office Packages – evidence of short courses or relevant experience
- Successful completion of or willingness to complete Pharmacy Dispensary training packages e.g. labelling and dispensing, reception duties, stock control.
Experience
- Experience of working within hospital pharmacy and using pharmacy-based computer systems.
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Excellent customer service skills demonstrable from previous experience working within pharmacy.
- Experience of working with automated dispensing systems
- Experience of undertaking appraisals / performance reviews / sickness absence reviews.
Skills & Knowledge
- Work to high standards of accuracy and reliability demonstrable from previous experience
- Ability to communicate effectively demonstrable from experience (both written and oral)
- Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to form positive relationships.
- Evidence that you can work independently using own initiative.
- Evidence that you can work methodically and prioritise tasks.
- Evidence that you can concentrate for long periods and work under pressure.
- Reliable, trustworthy, and punctual demonstrable from previous experience.
- Ability to deal constructively with conflict, verbal aggression, and formal complaints, demonstrable from experience.
Other Factors
- Ability to tolerate interruptions and to deal with complaints.
- Frequent requirement for concentration and ability to tolerate unpredicted work patterns.
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
