Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 3 (Fixed Term)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- 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

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
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]
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