Job summary
- Main area
- Inpatient Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed term for 18 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1876
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29,485 - £31,088 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Assistant
Band 3
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Pharmacy Assistant to join our excellent Pharmacy Team on the Hammersmith hospital site, which is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
The post will primarily be based in pharmacy stores. You will also be part of the busy Pharmacy Dispensary, Distribution teams, providing a high quality, patient focused dispensing and stock management service to the wards and clinics on the Hammersmith site.
You will need good computer skills, be able to work independently as well as part of a team, and so excellent communication skills are essential. In addition you will have the opportunity to work towards an NVQ Level 2 (QCF) in Pharmacy Service Skills.
Main duties of the job
- Senior Pharmacy Assistants have a patient-centred approach, aim to deliver high standards of hospital pharmacy services, have a good understanding of the importance of medicines in patient care and have an awareness of the roles of multi-disciplinary team members.
- Senior Pharmacy Assistants are a key member of the wider Pharmacy team in providing essential services and effective stock management.
- The role is rotational, working within Dispensary and Stores/Distribution as per rota and/or discretion of the Chief Pharmacy Technician – Dispensary Services.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE in Maths and English (grade A-C)
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent e.g. Boots, Buttercups, NPA)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to work with computers
- Experience working in a hospital or customer orientated environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience with Automated Dispensing Systems (Robot)
- Experience working in a community or hospital pharmacy, or dispensing GP practice
- Experience using CMM system
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to work both alone and within a team
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Able to recognise the limits of own competence and escalate to senior member of the team
- Analytical ability for problem solving
Desirable criteria
- A good understanding of all Microsoft Office programs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Neeraja Shajan
- Job title
- Lead Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 313 2655
- Additional information
Or Nazli Mahdavi, Lead Pharmacy Assistant Distribution and Stores
0203 313 4781 / [email protected]
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