Pharmacy Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Clinical Services

Pharmacy Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Clinical Services

Band: 3

Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Type: Full Time or Part Time (Flexible working hours may be considered)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 p.a. (pro rata)

Job ref: 180-B-264137

Closing date: 09/06/2026

Interview date: 17/06/2026

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join us as a Pharmacy Senior Assistant Technical Officer-Clinical Services. The role supports the safe and efficient delivery of ward based pharmacy services.

Responsibilities

• Assist and support the provision of a safe and efficient ward based pharmacy service in accordance with Trust and local guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Manage medicines at ward level, including ward stock, inpatient named supplies, waste, and recycling.
• Label, dispense, and supply medicines at ward level.
• Proactively manage the pharmacy discharge process, liaising with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and pharmacy teams.
• Support the MDT with bar code medicines administration (BCMA) workflows at ward level.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE grade 4 9 or equivalent including Mathematics, English and Science.
• Willing to undertake and complete mandatory NVQ II units within 6 months of commencing.
• Willing to undertake and complete relevant modules in the CUH Accreditation for Medicines Management within 3 months of commencing.
• NVQ II Pharmaceutical Service.
• IT certificates or qualification.

Experience

• Pharmacy experience.
• Planning and organising straightforward tasks.
• Experience of working with computers.
• Working within agreed guidelines to set timescales.
• Experience of customer service in hospitals or dealing with the public.
• Experience of patient consultation.
• Experience with stock management.
• Experience of dispensing.

Knowledge

• Understanding information governance and confidentiality.
• Knowledge of EPIC.

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to prioritise work systematically and manage time effectively.
• Good interpersonal skills, diplomacy, tact and awareness of others.
• Good organisational skills.
• Willingness to learn new skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to adapt to change.
• Ability to work effectively in a busy environment where interruptions may occur.
• Ability to work alone but with excellent team working skills.

Additional requirements

• Ability to understand and behave at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Additional information

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Applicants on a student visa will only be considered if they have
• applied for a Graduate visa,
• have successfully completed their course and applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date,
• or the Trust has agreed to sponsor them as a Skilled Worker and they will complete their studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.

The Trust is not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

Benefits

• Development opportunities.
• On site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries.
• Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site.
• Free Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites; free route to and from Cambridge train station and hospitals.
• Subsidised cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
• 24/7 hot food available at a reduced cost on CUH campus.
• Staff pod break spaces with a colleague only café, free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area.
• Flexible arrangements including part time working, job share, term time working and flexible start and finish times.
• Support for achieving a good work life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances.

Equal opportunity

We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status or socioeconomic background.

Employer certification

A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required for this role due to the duty of care involved.