Job summary
TEWV pharmacy team are recruiting a dispensing assistant to join our pharmacy at West Park Hospital, Darlington. This new post will allow the successful candidate to progress from a band 2 to a band 3 senior pharmacy assistant after completing the relevant criteria required.
The successful applicant will be an exceptional team player with good communication and interpersonal skills who are enthusiastic and committed to join our team. Ideally applicants will have previous experience in working within a pharmacy as a dispensing assistant but this is not essential. Applicants own transport is desirable but not essential.
This is an exciting time to join a supportive team with development opportunities in a growing NHS pharmacy team.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
Main duties of the job
o To work under pharmacy SOPs to provide medicines top up and stock management for wards, with supervision available from pharmacy technicianso To dispense medication against prescriptions and requisitions, calculating appropriate doses and doses for both inpatient and outpatients following SOPs, ensuring prescriptions and requisitions are legal and To receive medication supplies from wholesalers and electronically record To remove unwanted medication from the wards to determine what is suitable for return or destruction as per To dispense controlled drugs for ward stock and named patients following all legal To dispense orders for emergency To maintain cost effective holding on the To ensure good stock control, ensuring stock checks and expiry date checks are completed in a timely Maintain up to date knowledge and competency in the skills required to perform safely and effectively in the role and to undertake relevant statutory and mandatory training and to be responsible for personal development agreed with line manager.
About us
The pharmacy team in TEWV has over 100 team members including drivers, pharmacy assistants, administration, nurses, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. Individual team members are spread across multiple sites, with a dispensary in each of our 3 localities. The locality teams work independently, but come together to agree standards and best practice, learning from each other and trying to improve.
We developed a 5-year Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy framework which was created with the teams to produce a shared set of themes and priorities. This is 'Our Journey to Change'
Our values are Respect, Compassion and responsibility. If you are a kind, supporting, honest, ambitious team member who thrives on being inclusive and working in partnership - our organisation may be a fit for you.
Details
Date posted
19 May 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£25,272 to £27,476 a year pro rata, per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
346-PH-013-26-A
Job locations
West Park Hospital
Edward Pease Way
Darlington
DL2 2TS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job descriptions and person specifications for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
1. Experience of stock management
2. Telephone, email and internet experience
3. Experience of working supportively within a team
Desirable
4. Experience of working in pharmacy
5. Experience with the use of appropriate software packages including Excel and Word
Skills
Essential
6. Good communication skills - both oral and written including good telephone manner
7. Good organisational skills
8. Ability to work under supervision, and independently as appropriate
9. Customer care
10. Accuracy and attention to detail
Desirable
11. Able to demonstrate good organisational and time management skills
12. Manual dexterity - medication handling
13. An ability to receive, interpret, analyse and deliver information
Qualifications
Essential
14. Basic general education, GCSE grade D or above in English and Maths
Desirable
15. NVQ or equivalent level 2 pharmacy