Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacy Assistant to work in our busy Pharmacy department on the Ealing Hospital site. The role is working in stores and satellite pharmacy department.

As part of this 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. You will also be working in our pharmacy stores and distribution department to ensure medicines are received and issued to clinical areas.

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 NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy services qualification, good GCSE's or equivalent and good IT skills.

About us

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

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

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.