Senior Pharmacy Administration Assistant

We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our Pharmacy admin team. Working closely with our teams, our Medicines Value team and Education, Training, Learning and Development team, the post holder will play a vital role in helping the pharmacy teams to provide the best possible service for patients within East Kent.
This post is designed to provide comprehensive administrative and clerical support to the Pharmacy Team working closely with the Medicines Value Team and Education, Training, Learning and Development team (ETLD)
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) requires that all staff working in pharmacy is appropriately trained for the role they undertake. The poster holder will support the ETLD team to ensure that the minimum training requirements are met., To provide comprehensive administrative and clerical support to the Pharmacy Team working closely with the Medicines Value Team (MVT) and Education, Training, Learning and Development team (ETLD), Administrative support to the department including Drugs & Therapeutic Advisory Group and Antimicrobial Stewardship group that requires arranging meetings, minute taking, updating action logs and spreadsheets, composing letters
Monitor generic email account; assess all enquires received ensuring queries are appropriately actioned
Maintain and updating spreadsheets
Supporting the Medicines Value Team with administrative takes such as transfer of information onto electronic platforms, running audit reports
Education, Training, Learning and Development (ETLD) Team duties:
· Administrative support to the ETLD department including taking minutes for our Local Faculty Group (LFG) meetings and other education related meetings. To send agenda and action logs in advance of the meeting.
· Monitor generic ETLD email account ensuring queries are actioned and referred to the ETLD team.
· Maintaining and updating spreadsheets linked to the departmental training plan and training requirements for the department. To contact members of the pharmacy team to ensure spreadsheet content is up to date.
· To help collate data required for a monthly performance review meeting.
To support the ETLD team with other administrative tasks including formatting newsletters, sending out invites to training sessions, making room bookings, adding requisitions to business world, and running reports

The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer facing roles.
Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check.
Applicants for eligible roles requiring Tier 2 sponsorship must meet UK Visas and Immigration eligibility criteria.
We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day., Staff and patients from across East Kent Hospitals are the feature of the biggest NHS recruitment drive in its 70 year history. https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/work-here/
Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the 'We are the NHS' campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.
There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation flourishes and you can develop your career. We're on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work,
there's never been a better time to join us. To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.
We'll close this job advert once we've received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on who are happy to help.
We have a relocation policy for eligible candidates, parking available at Trust sites but we encourage other options, like car sharing or public transport.