East London NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Assistant Technical Officer

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and committed pharmacy assistant technical officer? If so we would like you to join our mental health pharmacy team. You will need to have the skills to be able to work within the wider multi-disciplinary team of nurses and doctors and other allied healthcare professionals and managers. You will want to develop and improve the reliability and quality of our clinical pharmacy service. You will need to have specific experience working with pharmacy teams and patients within the mental health setting. You will want to reach targets set by the Trust and by the pharmacy service. You must be self- motivated and able to motivate others.

Our dynamic and creative ELFT pharmacy team provides pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Luton and Bedforshire, City and Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. This includes children and young people to adults of working age, older adults, and forensic patients. We provide a broad range of clinical pharmacy services to our inpatient wards and community mental health services.

You will also provide support to the medicines management technicians and pharmacists, provide operational support where required, provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective service to mental health patients in our directorate.

Main duties of the job

o To assist with the provision of a high quality pharmacy service to patients of the Trusto To undertake general dispensary and distribution activities including ward based top upso To assist the technical and professional staff in the day-to-day running of the Department

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations

Date posted

07 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£14.29 to £17.16 an hour Per Hour inc HCA+WTD

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

363-BANK-ASSIST-PHARMTECH

Job locations

Pharmacy Department, Mile End Hospital

Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, E1 4DG

London

E1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further details.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

Pharmacy Service Assistant Apprenticeship or equivalent pharmacy services modules at Level 2, to include assembly, supply, handling stock, law and ethics
GCSE passes at C or above in English and Maths or equivalent

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Intermediate computer skills
Good written and oral communication skills
Ability to work carefully with attention to detail
Ability to work unsupervised in an organised manner
Ability to plan work & meet targets Demonstrates an interest in Pharmacy
Demonstrates an understanding of good time management skills
Understands the need for written policies and procedures
Has an understanding of the need for patient confidentiality

Experience

Essential

Previous employment in pharmacy

Desirable

Work experience in a hospital pharmacy
Experience of directing & instructing staff
Experience of dealing with the public
Experience of problem solving
Experience of ordering and invoicing

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

Pharmacy Service Assistant Apprenticeship or equivalent pharmacy services modules at Level 2, to include assembly, supply, handling stock, law and ethics
GCSE passes at C or above in English and Maths or equivalent

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Intermediate computer skills
Good written and oral communication skills
Ability to work carefully with attention to detail
Ability to work unsupervised in an organised manner
Ability to plan work & meet targets Demonstrates an interest in Pharmacy
Demonstrates an understanding of good time management skills
Understands the need for written policies and procedures
Has an understanding of the need for patient confidentiality

Experience

Essential

Previous employment in pharmacy

Desirable

Work experience in a hospital pharmacy
Experience of directing & instructing staff
Experience of dealing with the public
Experience of problem solving
Experience of ordering and invoicing

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy Department, Mile End Hospital

Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, E1 4DG

London

E1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy Department, Mile End Hospital

Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, E1 4DG

London

E1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)