Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Logistics

Are you a keen and positive individual looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?

We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic staff to join our modern purpose-built facilities at the Colchester hospital site.

You will be based within the Pharmacy department but will spend a significant amount of time working around the hospital site, ensuring the supply and delivery of medicines to clinical areas.

Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential.

ESNEFT recently completed a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and the Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).

About our Pharmacy Service https://esneft.pagetiger.com/csusdpr/1

Main duties of the job

Provide a holistic Medicines Supply service to both internal and external customers in line with agreed pharmacy standards.

Carry out a re-stocking service to the supply service customers.

Receipt pharmaceuticals into the department from external wholesalers and suppliers; checking invoices diligently and in line with departmental procedures; then storing within Pharmacy in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.

Issue and prepare goods for dispatch to customers.

Assist the Principal Technician for Stores and Distribution Services in ensuring that all required medication safety and governance issues are actioned within the working environment.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Details

Date posted

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year

per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR964-26

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Daily administration of stock using an electronic stock management system(s) - including stock checking and reconciliation
• Demonstrates effective communication skills through team working in complex/multi-disciplinary team environments
• Self-Managing daily workload - in a stock/stores/logistics environment
• Checking, storage and distribution of medicines or equivalent goods in regulated and controlled environments
• Acute/Community pharmacy stock management
• Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity ensuring good customer service
• Working with all levels of pharmacy staff including management.
• Use of computers

Desirable

• Experience of Pharmacy Robotic systems
• Has provided training to junior staff
• Competent undertaking ward stock top ups
• Experience using databases and basic report writing
• Experience using Inventory Management Software.
• Experience using Epic Software

Qualifications

Essential

• Secondary education; GCSE Maths and English (Grade C / 4 or higher) or equivalent qualifications

Desirable

• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills/ Level 2 standard or GPhC recognised equivalent qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

• Stock control procedures - including stock checking an and stock reconciliation
• Handling of medicines, including receiving cytotoxic medicines
• Goods in and Out procedures
• Pharmacy Key performance indicators (KPI's)
• Medicines Optimisation

Desirable

• Distribution practices and supply chain logistics

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Daily administration of stock using an electronic stock management system(s) - including stock checking and reconciliation
• Demonstrates effective communication skills through team working in complex/multi-disciplinary team environments
• Self-Managing daily workload - in a stock/stores/logistics environment
• Checking, storage and distribution of medicines or equivalent goods in regulated and controlled environments
• Acute/Community pharmacy stock management
• Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity ensuring good customer service
• Working with all levels of pharmacy staff including management.
• Use of computers

Desirable

• Experience of Pharmacy Robotic systems
• Has provided training to junior staff
• Competent undertaking ward stock top ups
• Experience using databases and basic report writing
• Experience using Inventory Management Software.
• Experience using Epic Software

Qualifications

Essential

• Secondary education; GCSE Maths and English (Grade C / 4 or higher) or equivalent qualifications

Desirable

• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills/ Level 2 standard or GPhC recognised equivalent qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

• Stock control procedures - including stock checking an and stock reconciliation
• Handling of medicines, including receiving cytotoxic medicines
• Goods in and Out procedures
• Pharmacy Key performance indicators (KPI's)
• Medicines Optimisation

Desirable

• Distribution practices and supply chain logistics

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 details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Experience

Essential

• Daily administration of stock using an electronic stock management system(s) - including stock checking and reconciliation
• Demonstrates effective communication skills through team working in complex/multi-disciplinary team environments
• Self-Managing daily workload - in a stock/stores/logistics environment
• Checking, storage and distribution of medicines or equivalent goods in regulated and controlled environments
• Acute/Community pharmacy stock management
• Experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity ensuring good customer service
• Working with all levels of pharmacy staff including management.
• Use of computers

Desirable

• Experience of Pharmacy Robotic systems
• Has provided training to junior staff
• Competent undertaking ward stock top ups
• Experience using databases and basic report writing
• Experience using Inventory Management Software.
• Experience using Epic Software

Qualifications

Essential

• Secondary education; GCSE Maths and English (Grade C / 4 or higher) or equivalent qualifications

Desirable

• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills/ Level 2 standard or GPhC recognised equivalent qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

• Stock control procedures - including stock checking an and stock reconciliation
• Handling of medicines, including receiving cytotoxic medicines
• Goods in and Out procedures
• Pharmacy Key performance indicators (KPI's)
• Medicines Optimisation

Desirable

• Distribution practices and supply chain logistics