Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- AfC Band 3
- Contract
- 22 months (Fixed Term Contract - ending 01/05/2028)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF20209-B3
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £27,106 - £28,850 per annum pro-rata - includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Homecare & Business Support Officer
AfC Band 3
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Band 3 Homecare & Business Support Officer on a 22 months fixed term contract, working 22.5 hours per week.
If you have strong attention to detail, enjoy administrative work, and want to support the effective delivery of our homecare services, we’d be delighted to receive your application. This position offers an excellent opportunity to build valuable experience within a supportive team.
Interviews will be held face to face only and remote interviews are not an option.
Main duties of the job
This is an office based role focused on processing homecare prescriptions and handling homecare and procurement invoices.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Support the Senior Technician – Homecare & High cost drugs with provision of the Homecare Service to ensure a high quality, safe and efficient service is provided to patients.
Support the Pharmacy’s wider Business and Transformation team with systems to manage high cost medicines.
Provide administrative support to the Procurement & Invoicing team, if required to cover periods of absence.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSE (or equivalent) passes at Grade C or above, to include Maths and English.
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy or other relevant field
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Use of windows based programs such as Word & Excel.
- Office / Admin experience – to be pro-active and be able to deal with confidential or sensitive information in an appropriate manner.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of receipting process and materials management – including stock control, delivery, ordering, invoicing. Customer care through NVQ level 3/Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPs) foundation stage or equivalent experience
- Hospital based procurement or invoicing experience.
- Use of computer based procurement or invoicing experience.
- Pharmacy I.T systems.
- Meeting preparation, writing and circulation of minutes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marta Wojcik
- Job title
- Pharmacy Business Transformation Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01483 571122 Ext 2478
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