Pharmacy Homecare Administrative Assistant

The closing date is 05 March 2026

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 10,000 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.

This varied role also includes carrying out general duties associated with Pharmacy Homecare Services:

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• Reception duties (via email and telephone)
  
• Invoice receiving to patient record
  
• Invoice reconciliation
  

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.

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.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Please be aware that the salary threshold required for a certificate of sponsorship to be granted is above the starting point of the Agenda for Change band for this role. Therefore those that are new to the NHS may not reach the minimum salary threshold required to obtain a certificate of sponsorship.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment. This vacancy will close at midnight on 5th March 2026

Interviews are due to be held week commencing 16th March 2026

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.

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• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
  
• Literate and numerate
  
• Basic computer literacy
  
• NVQ2 Pharmaceutical Services
  
• Equivalent homecare centred training. Where required training will be provided, and completion required in the first 12 months of employment.
  

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• Experience of prioritising, planning and organising own tasks
  
• Experience of customer service or dealing with the public
  
• Experience of IT packages - Microsoft Office, Excel and access Data entry
  
• Previous experience of working in the NHS
  
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations and confrontations
  

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• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
  
• Understanding of customer service
  
• Knowledge of the Trust including awareness of the Trust's priorities
  

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• 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
  
• Willing to take on/learn new skills
  

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• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
  

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.