Pharmacy Dispenser - Pharmacy; UHBLtd

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The closing date is 01 February 2026

Pharmacy@UHB Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of University Hospitals Birmingham, established in 2011. We provide a pharmacy service for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) and Heartlands Hospital Birmingham (BHH).

We provide a service to the out‑patients and in‑patients, due to be discharged, at both hospitals and operate in a manner akin to a community pharmacy.

We are currently recruiting for dispensers to join our teams at each of the two sites. It is essential that applicants have achieved at least NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services, have relevant community or hospital pharmacy experience in a busy dispensary and will deliver unrivalled customer service.

This is a unique opportunity to support the delivery of care at the hospital in our automated pharmacies.

Newly qualified pre‑registration technicians are welcome to apply. We offer an excellent environment within which to develop your clinical skills for a move into a medicines optimisation role within primary or secondary care.

• To accurately dispense clinically checked prescriptions against the relevant prescription documentation, referring any areas of doubt promptly to the Responsible Pharmacist.
• To contribute to responsibility for the ordering and management of all medicines within Pharmacy@QEHB Ltd, working collaboratively together with the other dispensing assistants and under the guidance of the pharmacy manager.
• To identify potential problems in the administration of medicines such as medicine interactions, newly prescribed drugs, physical factors that could affect patient compliance etc.
• To contribute to the development and maintenance of a high quality and timely outpatient service for patients.
• To contribute to the safe and accurate issue of completed dispensed prescriptions to patients.
• To contribute to the maintenance of complete and accurate patient medication records for all supplies from the pharmacy.
• To work collaboratively with other dispensing assistants to get the most from pharmacy automation.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

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.

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