Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

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Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Late duties and weekend) Job ref 337-NP-8713MF

Employer London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Northwick Park Hospital Town London Salary £28,622 - £30,225 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/04/2025 23:59

Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Medicines Management Assistant Technical Officer to work in our busy Pharmacy department on the Northwick Park Hospital site. As part of this ward-based role, you will be working alongside our clinical pharmacists and medicine management pharmacy technicians to ensure patient’s timely access to medicines throughout their admission and discharge. This rewarding role will provide you an opportunity to interact with patients, nurses and doctors as well as external healthcare professionals to ensure that the best standard of pharmaceutical care is available to patients in our hospital.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be self-motivated with good communication and interpersonal skills. You will have a friendly and approachable personality, be willing to work as part of a team and committed to providing the best possible service for patients.

The department actively promotes development, education and training. To apply you will need to have good GCSE's or equivalent and good IT skills.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent - Grade A-C or 9-5 in both Mathematics and English
• Pharmacy Experience
• Experience of working in hospital
• Experience of working with Omnicell/JAC (CMM)/ Cerner
• MOP course for pharmacy assistants

Skills

• Good communication skills and team player

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black, Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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Name Mahbub Baksh Job title Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0208 8693442