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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
392-RNOH-373-K
Employer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Town
Stanmore
Salary
£27,129 - £28,649 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/07/2024 23:59

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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust logo

Senior Assistant Technical Officer

Band 3

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. 

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field.  We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients

  • Rated Good by the CQC
  • Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
  • Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
  • Recognised as a centre of excellence,  leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
  • Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
  • In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
  • Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

  • Patients first, always
  • Excellence, in all we do
  • Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
  • Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

Job overview

This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to join our department as a Band 3 Senior Assistant Technical Officer.

We are seeking a forward thinking and highly motivated Assistant Technical Officer to deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service.

The post holder will join a team of specialist and generalist clinical pharmacists, medicines optimisation technicians and pharmacy assistants in delivering high quality, safe and effective care to patients and service users.

They will participate effectively in the daily dispensary duties and delivery of services including labelling and dispensing medicines including controlled drugs, dealing with ward stock, SOP development and assisting with supply chain management of Pharmaceuticals. This will include ordering, invoicing, distribution, delivery and general management of stock control of medicines used at RNOH.

This is a full time role (37.5 hours) post for a Senior Assistant Technical Officer to play an integral part of the Pharmacy team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, forward thinking and pro-active Senior Assistant Technical Officer to join our progressive team at RNOH.

There is extensive scope for the successful applicant to develop on both a personal and professional level through exposure to all departmental activities and the opportunity for further roles in the future.

The post holder will be required to possess good communication and interpersonal skills, be able to work effectively and methodically in busy environments both independently and within a team. Good computer skills are essential. Ideally, the post holder should have previous experience in Pharmacy.

Working for our organisation

The RNOH is a national centre of excellence with an international reputation for diagnosis, assessment and treatment of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions.

It is an exciting time to join our department as we implemented ePMA in the Trust in Autumn 2022. Alongside the expansion to the theatre facilities, there are ever growing opportunities to contribute to medicines optimisation.

Our pharmacy dispensary has recently been relocated to an innovative and purpose built area which also has dedicated office workspace and improved facilities for staff training, research, staff rest areas and dedicated patient consultation and waiting areas.

The Pharmacy Department has a strong focus on medicines optimisation and innovative pharmaceutical practice. This offers exciting opportunities for professional development for all staff. Research and ongoing development is highly encouraged within the department and the Trust. We actively encourage staff to carry out presentations and participate in training sessions regularly held in the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be: 

  • Responsible for the procurement of pharmaceuticals for RNOH 
  • Dealing with stock shortages and reporting as necessary 
  • Work with the finance and commissioning team in ensuring processing invoices  Ensuring appropriate claims are made in time 
  • Work with other ATO’s and pharmacy technicians providing dispensary support services 
  • Assist in dispensing inpatient, outpatient, TTA’s and Controlled Drugs 
  • Managing accurate stock levels in Dispensary 
  • Participate in ward “top ups” and other distribution services to the wards 
  • Liaise with clinicians to ensure Homecare prescriptions are provided on a timely basis 
  • Work with other ATO’s to order IV fluids and medical gases for the Hospital

Person specification

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good written & verbal communication skills
  • Able to work as a team
  • Good customer service skills

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria
  • 5 GCSEs, Grade 4 – 9 or A to C or equivalent two of which should be in English and Mathematics.
  • Word processing, use of the internet and IT skills
  • NVQ level 2 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
  • Hospital pharmacy experience including dispensary and procurement
  • Experience of multidisciplinary working and dealing with internal and external clients in conveying the correct information
Desirable criteria
  • Education and Training programmes
  • Minimum Level 2 CIP’s qualification or willing to undertake
  • Diploma /Graduate in Science

Analytical & Judgment Skills

Essential criteria
  • Attention to detail and highly numerate
  • Knowledge of contracts
  • Knowledge of pharmaceutical stock holding
  • Knowledge of stock management
  • Good communication and negotiation skills

Planning & Organisational Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good organisational skills
  • Ability to demonstrate working on own initiative
  • Able to work under pressure
  • Time management skills
  • Able to work late duty/ weekend working and Bank Holidays as per rota

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vishakha Patani
Job title
Chief Pharmacy Technician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0203 947 5826
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