About this role
Job summary
The Virtual Pharmacy Homecare Service have an exciting opportunity to welcome a Pharmacy Assistant into our team.
The UK Homecare Pharmacy sector is growing rapidly and our Pharmacy Homecare Team currently manage the supply of medicines directly to the homes of over 11,000 patients.
We are looking for a forward thinking, organised and motivated person to join our dynamic Pharmacy Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with us to meet the needs of our large, varied and highly specialised patient cohort and various clinical teams ranging from Rheumatology to Respiratory to Neurology.
You will play a key role in the provision of specialist services helping us to deliver and improve the quality of patient care.
This team facilitates maintaining the safe supply of medicines to patients homes, allowing them to stay at home and reducing visits to the hospital.
Main duties of the job
This varied role also includes carrying out general duties associated with Pharmacy Homecare Services:
- Reception duties (via email and telephone)
- Invoice receiving to patient record
- Invoice reconciliation
- Raising purchase orders
- Updating databases
Homecare pharmacy/pharmacy experience is not essential as full training will be given. If you want to be part of a forward thinking team and would like more information, then please do not hesitate to contact us.
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 1st November 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 11th November 2026
All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.
As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- Literate and numerate
- Basic computer literacy
Desirable
- Equivalent homecare centered training. Where required training will be provided, and completion required in the first 12 months of employment
- NVQ2 Pharmaceutical Services
Experience
Essential
- Experience of prioritising, planning and organising own tasks
- Experience of customer service or dealing with the public
- Data entry
- Experience of IT packages - Microsoft Office, Excel and access Data entry
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of dealing with difficult situations and confrontations
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
- Understanding of customer service
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Trust including awareness of the Trust's priorities
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good communication skills including telephone, email and face to face
- Ability to follow processes and procedures
- High level of ability to organise and manage own time, keeping to schedule and deadlines
- Good organisational and record keeping skills
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to carry out instructions and recall
- Willing to take on/learn new skills
- Ability to show excellent attention to detail
- Ability to adapt to change
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to store and safeguard confidential documents / information
- Ability to work flexible and unsocial hours (e.g. on rota for weekends & bank holidays, periodically for late shifts at times of high workload)
Additional Information
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)