Pharmacy Support Worker - Stores and Distribution
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage, East of England
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust based in Stevenage. The advertised salary is £25,272. Applications close on 28 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Support Worker Stores and Distributionwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care an...
Main duties will include the use of current Inventory management systems including Pharmacy automation to provide the Pharmacy distribution service.
You will be monitoring the expiry dates of stock held in the Pharmacy as per the timetable.
To assist with the receipt of goods at Pharmacy Stores door or collect at Hospital rear entrance, signing and dating the receipt.
To unpack goods checking quantity and quality against order and delivery note as per procedures.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to undertake NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services in addition to completing the in-house training programme for Support Workers.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
o Hertford County, Hertford
o Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Essential: - Grade C (GCSE) in English, Maths and Science; - Able to undertake NVQ Level 2 and complete in 2 years
Desirable: - NVQ level 2
Essential: - Good team player; - Working with customers; - Accurate worker
Desirable: - Stores/Warehouse Experience; - Experience of training others
Essential: - Able to undertake simple word processing; - Achieves objectives in timescale set; - Able to organise self; - Customer Service Skills; - Good verbal communication skills; - Reliable and accurate team worker; - Maintains confidentiality
Desirable: - Able to work with minimal supervision; - Able to maintain electronic databases & spread sheets; - Able to create spread sheets; - Able to use own initiative; - Able to plan out workload; - Highly accurate worker
Essential: - Numerate and literate; - Able to input data accurately; - Able to use email system; - Able to perform simple calculations
Essential: - Calm under pressure; - Methodical; - Helpful; - Flexible; - Organised; - Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion; - Role model our Trust values every day
How this role compares
We hold 893 NHS vacancies in East of England that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,959. This role pays less than about 96% of them.
There are 13,012 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,295 of them in East of England.
You have 7 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust has 30 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
These figures are calculated from the vacancies GovJobs currently holds, not from official pay statistics. They are a guide to the market, not a valuation of this post.
How to apply
GovJobs does not take applications or send your details to the employer. Use the apply button to open the official Nhs Jobs advert, then check the employer's instructions, attachments, person specification and closing time before applying.
This listing was last checked on 21 Oct 2026, 01:06. If the official advert has changed or closed, report it and we will review the listing.
Why this listing is on GovJobs
GovJobs indexes public-sector vacancies from official sources, normalises the title, employer, location, salary and deadline, and links back to the source so you can verify the advert yourself.
The source for this role is Nhs Jobs. Applications stay on the official employer or source website, not on GovJobs.