Senior Pharmacy Assistant

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Senior Pharmacy Assistant The closing date is 16 October 2026 Apply for this job Job summary The pharmacy department has a long history of innovation, with established prescribing guidelines, excellent relationships with medical staff, a strong culture of leading clinical audit and research projects and an excellent publication record. All of these attributes we wish to extend to the prison pharmacy services. We believe in supporting our staff to develop to their full potential. Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post Main duties of the job If you are a pharmacy assistant with experience of working in a prison setting or a retail pharmacy, this post could be for you. The post-holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the pharmacy stock and ensuring delivery schedules are to time. You will work under the supervision of the Senior Pharmacy Technician. The post-holder will be based at the dedicated pharmacy department at HMP Wandsworth. About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Details Date posted 02 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 3 Salary £31,554 to £33,270 a year pa inc Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 277-8181672-WANDS-B Job locations HMP Wandsworth Heathfield Road London SW18 3HU United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities To be responsible for the day to day ordering, receiving and unpacking of pharmaceutical products from suppliers according to GDP and departmental SOPs To ensure that medicines are sourced from credible and reliable suppliers, and purchasing contracts are adhered to. To accurately use the pharmacy computer system to receive goods into the pharmacy store according to departmental SOPs. To ensure that all goods received into pharmacy stores are kept under the appropriate storage conditions in accordance with GDP. IMPORTANT PLEA