Pharmacy Assistant inOxford inOxford PUBLISHED 13 JUL 2024

Providing support and ordering medications for patients on oncology and haematology wards following suitable training.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive pharmacy assistant with excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills to join the cancer pharmacy team at the Churchill.

This post would suit somebody with either a hospital pharmacy background, or with community pharmacy experience wishing to make a change into the hospital environment, for which appropriate training will be provided. Pharmacy services skills NVQ level 2 (QCF) or an equivalent is desirable however, full in-house training will be provided subject to a learning agreement. We welcome 18+ applicants. As a team, applications for part-time/flexible working considered.

Did you know that there is an estimated
3 million people
living with cancer in the UK, rising to 3.5million by 2025, 4 million by 2and 5.3 million by 2040? And on average, someone is diagnosed with cancer every
90 seconds
in the UK?

However, it’s not all doom and gloom! Average survival is now estimated to be
over 10 years
from diagnosis (up from average survival time of one year In the 1970s and six years in 20.


Key Roles Include


  • Work in reception area taking in prescriptions
  • Delivery of high-quality pharmacy services for out-patients and day treatment patients
  • Labelling and dispensing prescriptions
  • Providing support and ordering medications for patients on oncology and haematology wards following suitable training
  • Provide Support to the Cancer Pharmacy Team
  • To be aware of and be involved in customer service
  • Patient counselling
  • Working as part of a team
  • Opportunity to work in both ward and dispensary area.


About You


  • You will respond to enquiries and requests from staff, patients and carers and ensure appropriate and accurate information is readily available, and to escalate questions and problems to other members of the pharmacy team when needed. You will be expected to form good working relationships with staff from all the different groups within the Cancer Services and work together as part of a team.
  • You should ideally have experience of working as a qualified Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant, using computer systems for dispensing and stock control and have good communication, be well organised and able to use your own initiative.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.jobsincare.com/job/jSC2SsOh Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Kennedy Job title: Advanced Cancer Pharmacy Technician Email address:


For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact


Claire Kennedy:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive pharmacy assistant with excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills to join the cancer pharmacy team at the Churchill.

This post would suit somebody with either a hospital pharmacy background, or with community pharmacy experience wishing to make a change into the hospital environment, for which appropriate training will be provided. Pharmacy services skills NVQ level 2 (QCF) or an equivalent is desirable however, full in-house training will be provided subject to a learning agreement. We welcome 18+ applicants. As a team, applications for part-time/flexible working considered.

Did you know that there is an estimated
3 million people
living with cancer in the UK, rising to 3.5million by 2025, 4 million by 2and 5.3 million by 2040? And on average, someone is diagnosed with cancer every
90 seconds
in the UK?

However, it’s not all doom and gloom! Average survival is now estimated to be
over 10 years
from diagnosis (up from average survival time of one year In the 1970s and six years in 20.

Key Roles Include

  • Work in reception area taking in prescriptions
  • Delivery of high-quality pharmacy services for out-patients and day treatment patients
  • Labelling and dispensing prescriptions
  • Providing support and ordering medications for patients on oncology and haematology wards following suitable training
  • Provide Support to the Cancer Pharmacy Team
  • To be aware of and be involved in customer service
  • Patient counselling
  • Working as part of a team
  • Opportunity to work in both ward and dispensary area.


About You

  • You will respond to enquiries and requests from staff, patients and carers and ensure appropriate and accurate information is readily available, and to escalate questions and problems to other members of the pharmacy team when needed. You will be expected to form good working relationships with staff from all the different groups within the Cancer Services and work together as part of a team.
  • You should ideally have experience of working as a qualified Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant, using computer systems for dispensing and stock control and have good communication, be well organised and able to use your own initiative.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.jobsincare.com/job/jSC2SsOh Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Kennedy Job title: Advanced Cancer Pharmacy Technician Email address:

For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact

Claire Kennedy:


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