Pharmacy Homecare Officer - London - ref. t56034715
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Are you an organised, detail-orientated individual looking to make a real difference in patient care? Join our dynamic pharmacy team as a Band 3 Pharmacy Assistant in Homecare and play a vital role in ensuring patients receive essential medications at home efficiently and safely.
In this role, you will:
- Process homecare requests against valid prescriptions
- Reconcile and receive orders from homecare suppliers
- Invoice match on our pharmacy IT system, ensuring accurate financial records
- Liaise with healthcare professionals, homecare companies and finance teams to ensure seamless service delivery.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
- Confident with IT systems and data management
- A great communicator who thrives in a team environment
- Committed to learning and development
Join us and become part of a supportive, forward-thinking team where your work directly impacts patient well-being. Apply today and help us deliver outstanding homecare pharmacy services!
Main duties of the job- To create homecare requests against valid homecare prescriptions
- To reconcile and receive orders from homecare companies
- To invoice match on the pharmacy IT system
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria- Good secondary education GCSEs, Math, English, Science Grades A-C
- Literate and Numerate
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working in hospital pharmacy or customer orientated environment
- Experience of pharmacy and using pharmacy IT systems
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria- Good interpersonal skills
- Able to use own initiative
- Able to work on own as well as part of a team
- Good attention to detail
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to quality customer care