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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 3 (Fixed Term)
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
18.75 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-7029883
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Finchley Memorial Hospital Community Diagnostic Centre
Town
Finchley
Salary
拢28,622 - 拢30,225 per annum pro rata inclusive of outer London HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 3 Senior Assistant Technical Officer

Band 3 (Fixed Term)

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.听 This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers鈥 money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The post holder will consistently work in an accurate, effective and efficient manner to support the provision of a high quality service to patients, trust staff and departments. They will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care.听

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with a team of pharmacy Senior Assistant Technical Officer (SATO) in the Stores & Distribution, and Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) . They will be responsible for managing medicines returns from wards and outpatient areas, accurately ordering/ picking of all stock medicines requested from wards and departments, hatch duty, stock receipt and stock control.

They will be responsible for supporting the Pharmacy Stores Team in the provision of an efficient service to all users and in the day to day running of Pharmacy Stores Department following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). And they will behave in a manner that is sensitive and that always ensures patient confidentiality.

The post holder will consistently work in an accurate, effective and efficient manner to support the provision of a high quality service to patients, trust staff and departments. They will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care.听

Working for our organisation

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

The Pharmacy department at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is an ambitious and quality improvement focused team who are committed to optimising the use of medicines and providing the best pharmaceutical care to our patients. We are proud to lead the way in integrated training partnerships, digital transformation and cost improvement programmes (CIP).

The Pharmacy Service comprises of Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary services, ward based clinical pharmacy services, Medicines Information, aseptic and non-sterile production services, pharmacy stores & distribution, procurement, and homecare services. We cover a range of clinical specialties including HIV, general medicine, emergency services, surgery, rheumatology, hepatology, anti-coagulation, oncology & haematology, women鈥檚 health, paediatrics and infection control.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Matchs, English and Science 鈥 Grade A* - C (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • BTEC and NVQ in Pharmaceutical Science
  • Registered Pharmacy Technician (GPhC)
  • CIPS qualification (or working towards)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant hospital pharmacy experience
  • Previous experience/understanding of JAC Pharmacy Computer System (or equivalent)
  • Experience of training & supervising staff
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of design & implementation of pharmacy service provision
  • Knowledge of principals of procurement e.g. contracting administration and legal requirements

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to plan, prioritise and organise the work of others
  • Able to improve service quality at operational level/develop new systems of work
  • Ability to deal with conflict and complaints
  • Advanced IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, databases
  • Able to communicate complex, contentious and sensitive information effectively
  • Able to meet deadlines/Good time keeping
  • Able to work unsupervised
  • Vigilant and high attention to detail
  • Excellent team worker
  • High level of work organisation, planning and prioritisation skills
  • Enthusiastic and self -motivated
  • Reliable and flexible in approach and attitude
  • Ability to use key performance indicators to assess the effectiveness of a service

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
  • Ability to work in a stressful environment
  • Empathetic and approachable
  • Willingness to continue personal development
Desirable criteria
  • Able to work in areas of the section

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gurpal Grewal
Job title
Deputy Chief Pharmacist and Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]