Dispensary Assistant inNorwich inNorwich PUBLISHED 18 DEC 2023

Band 3: £24,071 to £25,674 a year gross per annum (pro rata)  PERMANENT 
Be lead for top-up services to allocated wards and departments.

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


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Dispensary Assistant

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.

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
  • Deputise for Pharmacy Receptionist
  • Maintain hygiene, health and safety through performing routine housekeeping tasks in the pharmacy department

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


Dispensary Assistant

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.

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
  • Deputise for Pharmacy Receptionist
  • Maintain hygiene, health and safety through performing routine housekeeping tasks in the pharmacy department



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