Pharmacy Dispensary Assistant Technical Officer/Dispenser
The closing date is 16 February 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer - Dispenser on a 12 month fixed term basis, to join the dedicated team delivering dispensing and ward services from the Pharmacy department.
You will be based on rotation in the dispensary at The James Cook University Hospital (JCUH) participating in the dispensing services under the management of the Dispensary Manager and in one of our clinical teams working on the wards under the supervision of pharmacy ward leads.
Main duties of the job
You will be dispensing a wide variety of prescription types including controlled drugs, prescription only medicines and unlicensed drugs for the inpatients of JCUH and the community hospitals.
You will be expected to have experience of dispensing to L2 pharmacy services standard, have knowledge of a broad range of drugs and be familiar with pharmacy law and professional practice from either hospital or community setting.
The successful candidate will work full time hours 08.30-17:00 Monday - Friday. They will also be included in dispensary and extended/out-of-hours rotas, which are currently:
* Weekend working once every 5 weeks (09:00-17:00) Saturday and Sunday, reimbursed with a full weekday off the following week
* Late night working once every 2 weeks (09:00-17:30) instead of 08.30-17:00
* Contribution to bank holiday working rota
The busy pharmacy dept. at JCUH has a team of over 200 staff including clinical pharmacists, technicians and support staff providing medicines management, dispensing, and logistic services to the general and specialist areas of the JCUH site and a number of community hospitals. The pharmacy department provides a stimulating, friendly and professionally rewarding environment for staff to develop their career.
About us
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
* Your Leadership Impact
* Service Improvement for Beginners
After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* L2 Pharmacy Services including dispensing or equivalent certificate. Or working towards
* GCSE level - English & Maths A to C or 4 to 9
Knowledge
* Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills, both verbal & written.
* Proven experience of Standard Operating procedures.
* Broad pharmacy product knowledge
* Understanding of principles of dispensing
Experience
* Recent record of accurate dispensing in hospital / community pharmacies
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.
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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