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Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Homecare
The closing date is 26 April 2026
The post holder will assist the Principal Pharmacy Technician Homecare, in the co-ordination of the workload for Homecare and will ensure that the administrative duties relating to Homecare purchasing and invoicing are carried out in accordance with departmental policies and procedures and drug trial protocols.
Main duties of the job
Administrative support for pharmacy homecare team including managing prescriptions, emails, telephones and invoices
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer, and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs. We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. We also have a positive approach to corporate social responsibility and are keen to engage our staff in an agenda that ranges from promoting environmental sustainability to the creation of local employment opportunities.
Job responsibilities
* To process orders, in association with Homecare Delivery Companies prescriptions for home delivery
* To ensure continuity of supply/discontinuation of supply of medication to patients by accurately maintaining appropriate recording system
* To report on and follow up Homecare service problems to the appropriate people
* To maintain appropriate filing systems for homecare prescriptions, invoices and other records
* To process Homecare invoices according to Pharmacy SOPs to make sure billing flows are picked up correctly for commissioners billing
* To maintain strict confidentiality of all patients
* To delete all outstanding orders no longer required on a monthly basis
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education
* Pharmaceutical Services NVQ/QCF level 2 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills
* Relevant units of NVQ/QCF level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills
* Data entry and processing within electronic systems
* Previous experience in Hospital or Retail pharmacy
* Previous experience with stock management
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
* Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
* Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately
* Demonstrate ability to dispense accurately to set standards
* Demonstrated ability to prioritise routine daily tasks using own initiative
* Demonstrate ability to supervise and train others
* Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
* Demonstrated Pharmacy computer skills
* Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, without using a calculator
* Demonstrated ability to organise own workload
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.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Guys Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital
£31,554 to £33,270 a year per annum incl. HCA
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
196-LIS10418E
Job locations
Guys Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital
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