Core Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer - Aseptic Department

NHS; Harlow; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A great opportunity at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust for a Core Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer. This role involves the aseptic preparation and compounding of medicines, with flexible full-time hours and a commitment to patient care following GMP standards.

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications include 3 GCSEs or equivalent in Maths and English.
• Skills required: meticulous with detail, good reasoning, communication, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support aseptic pharmaceutical preparation under GMP regulations.
• Assist pharmacy technicians in training rotational staff.
• Maintain a clean working environment compliant with GMP.

Skills

Meticulous to Detail

Good Thinking & Reasoning Skills

Good Communication Skills

Good team player

Education

3 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English

NVQ Level 2 in pharmacy services

Job description

Job summary

A great opportunity is available within the Pharmacy Aseptic Unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust for a Core Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer (ATO).

You will be involved in the pharmaceutical care of hospital patients through the aseptic preparation, compounding and supply of medicines.

General working pattern is 37.5 hours per week over a 7-day period. Usual working hours will be between 9 - 5, Monday to Friday and will include some late standby shifts, weekend and bank holiday working.

Main duties of the job

You will work with and support staff working in the Pharmacy Aseptic unit to:

• Apply skills and knowledge to a range of activities concerned with the preparation and supply of aseptic pharmaceutical products with in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations.
• Work with and support the pharmacy technicians in the training of rotational staff.
• Maintain a clean working environment in compliance with GMP regulations.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Details Date posted

30 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-7229395-CSS

Job locations

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached job description, which is available to download at any time.

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached job description, which is available to download at any time.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• 3 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English

Skills Essential

• Meticulous to Detail
• Good Thinking & Reasoning Skills
• Good Communication Skills, both written and oral
• Good team player, with ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

• Ability to successfully complete an NVQ Level 2 in pharmacy services

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• 3 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English

Skills Essential

• Meticulous to Detail
• Good Thinking & Reasoning Skills
• Good Communication Skills, both written and oral
• Good team player, with ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

• Ability to successfully complete an NVQ Level 2 in pharmacy services

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

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

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

Employer details Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

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