Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Logistics | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,760 - £27,476 per annum |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Posting date: | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 18 Nov 2026 |
Summary
Are you a keen and positive individual looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?
We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic staff to join our modern purpose-built facilities at the Colchester hospital site.
You will be based within the Pharmacy department but will spend a significant amount of time working around the hospital site, ensuring the supply and delivery of medicines to clinical areas.
Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential.
ESNEFT recently completed a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.
In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and the Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).
About our Pharmacy Service https://esneft.pagetiger.com/csusdpr/1
Provide a holistic Medicines Supply service to both internal and external customers in line with agreed pharmacy standards.
Carry out a re-stocking service to the supply service customers.
Receipt pharmaceuticals into the department from external wholesalers and suppliers; checking invoices diligently and in line with departmental procedures; then storing within Pharmacy in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
Issue and prepare goods for dispatch to customers.
Assist the Principal Technician for Stores and Distribution Services in ensuring that all required medication safety and governance issues are actioned within the working environment.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bringwhat’swidely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026
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