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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.
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 jobYou will work with and support staff working in the Pharmacy Aseptic unit to:
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 posted30 May 2025
Pay schemeAgenda for change
BandBand 2
Salary£24,169 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
ContractPermanent
Working patternFull-time
Reference number292-7229395-CSS
Job locationsThe Princess Alexandra Hospital
Hamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX
For further details, please refer to the attached job description, which is available to download at any time.
Job description Job responsibilitiesFor further details, please refer to the attached job description, which is available to download at any time.
Person Specification Qualifications EssentialThis 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 nameThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
AddressThe Princess Alexandra Hospital
Hamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX
https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer nameThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
AddressThe Princess Alexandra Hospital
Hamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX