Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 2 years (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8920KS
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pharmacy Department
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29,651 - £31,312 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
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.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and hardworking individual looking for a career in hospital pharmacy?
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to improving our services within the Pharmacy department. You will be given the opportunity to work in our Patient Services and Distribution areas. We are looking for someone with experience and a passion for this area of work.
Your role will involve helping to implement, deliver and continually improve the Pharmacy Services within the pharmacy department at Central Middlesex Hospital.
You must have excellent communication skills and enjoy working in a large multi-disciplinary team.
You must have excellent communication skills and enjoy working in a large multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The department actively promotes development, education and training. To apply you will need to have good GCSEs or equivalent and have obtained, or be willing to work towards a full NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent.
This is a full time post and the post holder will be required to participate in the weekend or bank holiday rota.
You must have excellent communication skills and enjoy working in a large multi-disciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/qualifications
Essential criteria
- Must have GCSE or equivalent at Grade C/4 or above in maths and english
- Obtained or willing to work towards full National Vocational Qualification in Pharmacy Service Skills Level 2.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous pharmacy experience or similar
Desirable criteria
- Previous hospital pharmacy experience
- Robot experience
- Omnicell experience
Skills, abilities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Initiative
- Team player
- Good with customers/patients
- Flexible
- Work accurately under pressure
- Must be able to carry out moderate physical activity
- Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to self-direct own development and that of others
HEART values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate commitment to HEART values: honesty, equity, accountability, respect and teamwork
- Demonstrate commitment to place Quality at our HEART
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Subarna Thapa
- Job title
- Senior Pharmacy Technician, Patient Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8453 2556
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