Senior Assistant Technical Officer (SATO)

Job summary

Are you a Pharmacy Assistant, with excellent communication, administrative and organisational skills, looking for a rewarding and dynamic role where you can apply your knowledge, contribute to patient safety and help investigate medication safety incidents, as part of a multi-disciplinary team?

Cornwall Foundation NHS Trust is looking to recruit a Senior Assistant Technical Officer (SATO) to join our expanding pharmacy team.

This is a varied role with the successful applicant needing to work independently and within the wider pharmacy team. As a Senior Assistant Technical Officer, you will be required to work alongside our current SATO's to provide PA support to the chief pharmacist and admin support to the wider pharmacy team responsible for the co-ordination of stock management and discharge facilitation to the Emergency and Urgent Care units including CATUs, deal with telephone and email enquires coming into the department as appropriate, work closely with our Medication Safety Officer to analyse daily reports and escalate any issues appropriately, provide support for the completion of storage audits, and support with clozapine services.

We welcome applications from individuals who are hardworking and motivated to optimise patient care, contribute to the maintenance of patient safety and help develop pharmacy services into the future.

Proposed interview date: 9th April 2026

Main duties of the job

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

• Cornwall Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

Senior Assistant Technical Officer based at Bodmin Community Hospital or Camborne Redruth Community Hospital with support to other peripheral hospitals.

Responsible for the co-ordination of stock management and discharge facilitation to the Emergency and Urgent Care units including CATUs.

Performing audits for the safe storage of medication across CFT and for the provision of FP10 prescription pads to the county depending upon working base.

To provide cover for the SATO responsible for Clozapine medication when needed and providing cover for leave.

To provide admin support to the pharmacy team including 7 day service provision on a rolling rota and when required.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.