Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • Oxford OX3 9DU

Ward Based Pharmacy Assistant | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About this role

A unique opportunity has arisen to join us a ward based assistant. Your time will be split between supporting the paediatric pharmacy team (3 days/week), the neurosciences pharmacy team (2 days/week) and the dispensary (approx. 2 hours/day).

You will support with inpatients but also medicines supply via homecare, and be supported by a team of technicians and other pharmacy assistants.

You need to be a qualified pharmacy assistant with an NVQ2 in pharmaceutical science or equivalent

Please see description above and attached job description for the main duties. Please contact Emma Heyden if you would like to find out more details.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Please see attached job description and person specification for description and main responsibilities.

This advert closes on Wednesday 27 May 2026

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