Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A university teaching NHS trust in London is looking for an enthusiastic Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer. This role involves ensuring patients have timely access to medicines and interacting with patients and healthcare professionals. Candidates should have NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent and strong communication skills. The position offers a salary between £29,651 to £31,312 per annum.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy experience.
• Experience of working in a hospital.
• MOP course for pharmacy assistants.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patients’ timely access to medicines throughout their admission and discharge.
• Interact with patients, nurses, doctors, and external healthcare professionals.
• Provide the best standard of pharmaceutical care.

Skills

Good communication skills

Team player

Education

NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent – Grade A‑C or 9‑5 in both Mathematics and English

Tools

Omnicell

JAC (CMM)

Cerner

Job description

Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

The closing date is 29 October 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic Medicines Management Assistant Technical Officer to work in our busy Pharmacy department on the Northwick Park Hospital site. As part of this ward‑based role, you will be working alongside our clinical pharmacists and medicine management pharmacy technicians to ensure patients’ timely access to medicines throughout their admission and discharge. This rewarding role will provide you an opportunity to interact with patients, nurses and doctors as well as external healthcare professionals to ensure that the best standard of pharmaceutical care is available to patients in our hospital.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be self‑motivated with good communication and interpersonal skills. You will have a friendly and approachable personality, be willing to work as part of a team and committed to providing the best possible service for patients. The department actively promotes development, education and training. To apply you will need to have good GCSEs or equivalent and good IT skills.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent – Grade A‑C or 9‑5 in both Mathematics and English
• Pharmacy experience
• Experience of working in hospital
• Experience of working with Omnicell/JAC (CMM)/ Cerner
• MOP course for pharmacy assistants

Skills

• Good communication skills and team player

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 name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

£29,651 to £31,312 a year per annum inclusive HCAS pro Rota