Job Description

Band 3

Main area

Pharmacy

Grade

Band 3

Contract

Fixed term: 9 months (until end of May 2026)

Hours

Part time - 15 hours per week (Thursday to Friday 08:30am to 5pm with 60 minutes lunch. You will also participate in the seven day, late duty and Bank Holiday rotas.)

Job ref

343-7410245-FM-AG

Site

Pharmacy Department, St Helier Hospital

Town

Carshalton

Salary

29,651 - 31,312 Pro-rata pa inc HCAS (outer)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

15/09/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Medicines Management Assistant (MMA) team . Our MMA team is required to support the ward based clinical pharmacy services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH).



It is an exciting time to join our team as we have recently restructured our team to help meet our ambition of providing outstanding pharmacy services. As part of this we want to shine a spotlight on MMAs and the value they add to our team, patient care and the organisation.



If you think you have what it takes please give us a call for an informal chat, we can facilitate departmental walk rounds and can give further information about this exciting role.

Main duties of the job

All MMAs at ESTH are NVQ Level 2 trained and provide a full ward based service to ensure the safe, timely and financially sound provision of pharmaceutical items. You will be a key member of the pharmacy clinical team, working together to provide excellent patient focused care.



You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication and time management skills, and have a good attention to detail. NVQ Level 2, previous experience of working in hospital pharmacy and knowledge of pharmacy distribution and stock systems is essential.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.



We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.



The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.



As you know, here at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, we are always looking to grow our teams with talented people, just like you.



So don't delay apply today!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key activities in addition to provision of a regular top-up service will be:


Support the transfer of patient's own and dispensed one-stop medication between wards To put stock items away and rotate stock to minimise wastage. To identify slow moving stock and transfer to alternative locations in the trust to minimise wastage. To identify medicines supplied for patients that have been transferred and to deliver to patient's current location to reduce requirement for re-dispensing. To check and clear medicine trollies at least once a week. To reduce number of expired medicines & liquid medicines not labelled with "opened on"/expiry date. To support the ward staff in ensuring fridge and clinical room temperatures are recorded on a daily basis.

The role is primarily ward based and will require a good understanding of medicine supply systems.



You will be required to rotate between sites and participate in the seven day, late duty and Bank Holiday rotas on the St Helier site to support the inpatient team.

Person specification

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Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services #

Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of stock rotation & expiry dates Knowledge of different medicine formulations Significant experience of pharmacy distribution/dispensing systems Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy #

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to work under pressure Ability to organise own and others workload Good customer care skills Computer literate, IT skills Good written communication

Desirable criteria

Experience with CMM (previously JAC) Pharmacy Computer System

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.