Senior Assistant Technical Officer - St Thomas' Dispensary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and hard-working individual to join the St Thomas' inpatient dispensary team. The post-holder will provide core support to dispensary staff, assist in dispensing medicines to in-patients, and supply discharge medications in line with CQC standards. Key duties include handling reception and phone queries, dispensing various medications, managing controlled drugs, and performing stock control tasks.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures SOP's accurately
- Demonstrated ability to work as a team
- Demonstrated ability to dispense accurately including basic mathematical prescriptions
- Demonstrated ability to organise their own workload
- Previous Experience
- Previous experience working in a Pharmacy
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in Stock control
- Knowledge/Qualifications
- Maths/English/Science GCSE level A-C
- NVQ/QCF level 2
- BTEC science/A level sciences
- NVQ/QCF level 3 in appropriate units
- Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures SOP's accurately
- Demonstrated ability to work as a team
- Demonstrated ability to dispense accurately including basic mathematical prescriptions
- Demonstrated ability to organise their own workload
- Previous Experience
- Previous experience working in a Pharmacy
- Previous experience in Stock control
- Knowledge/Qualifications
- Maths/English/Science GCSE level A-C
- NVQ/QCF level 2
- BTEC science/A level sciences
- NVQ/QCF level 3 in appropriate units
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £31,554 – £33,270 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Assistant Technical Officer - St Thomas' Dispensary
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has presented for a self-motivated, proactive and hard working individual to join our team in St Thomas' inpatient dispensary.
The post-holder will work closely with other Senior Assistant Technical officers to help provide core support to dispensary staff, demonstrate comprehensive communication and assist in the dispensing of medicines to in-patients and the supply of discharge medications in line with CQC standards.
Please note the interview will be conducted using a progressive transparent interview process. Some interview questions will be sent in advance to applicants - with the aim to be truly inclusive as we recognise some of the barriers that interviews create.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of a Senior Assistant Technical Officer;
- Assisting with reception and phone duties
- Answering and resolving complex queries from doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals
- Dispensing inpatient and Discharge medications
- Dispensing controlled drugs using our controlled drug omnicell cabinet
- Basic understanding of controlled drug medication and legalities
- Returning/ Discarding of medication following procedures
- Ordering, monitoring and stocking the Dispen
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