Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £30,546 - £32,207 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7440874/259-7407558RLH-A |
Summary
We are looking for a motivated and dynamic Assistant Technical Officer to join the Biosimilar Switch team at the Royal London Hospital. The post holder will be supporting RLH and MEH in delivering biosimilar switches and medicines efficiencies within the specialist medicine division. The role may adapt depending on the requirements of the hospital agenda.
The post holder will be working closely with the Biosimilar Switch Team and Homecare Team to help process and deliver various biosimilar cost saving projects and medicines efficiencies across the RLH and MEH sites.
As part of this role, you will be working as part of the Biosimilar switch team to help support the Homecare team with the ordering, delivery note checking, processing of invoices and finance queries. You will be working collaboratively to support the administrative and technical aspects of the biosimilar switches. The role may also involve ward, top-up and dispensary-based responsibilities and may adapt depending on the hospital needs.
• Tosupport Royal London Pharmacy department and divisions in delivering biosimilar switches and medicines efficiencies.
• To work within the Biosimilar team under the direction from the pharmacist and pharmacy technician.
• To support the Pharmacy Homecare Team by raising orders on the pharmacy system, checking delivery notes, processing invoices and dealing with queries related to the biosimilar switch work.
• To report and liaise with the Lead Biosimilar Switch Pharmacist on the progress of biosimilar switch activity.
• The role will involve ward, top-up and dispensary-based responsibilities.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025