Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8.45am - 5pm)
- Job ref
- 411-MED-24-6344063
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- West Derby
- Salary
- £22,383 Pro rata Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/07/2024 23:59
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Assistant Technical Officer (ATO)- Pharmacy Stores
Band 2
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
Come and join our forward thinking, highly skilled, friendly pharmacy team.
Working in a busy department and alongside a dedicated team of pharmacy professionals you will be responsible for assisting Technicians and Pharmacists in the safe and effective distribution of medicines to all wards and departments.
This vacancy is based in the main Pharmacy Stores Department and will require frequent manual handling.
Successful candidates will be supported with a full induction and apprenticeship training programme (NVQ level 2).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake various housekeeping duties including dealing with queries, checking and filing documents, processing waste and excess medicines and other duties supporting the efficient and safe operation of the pharmacy department.
This post involves working in a busy pharmacy store receiving, processing, and delivering IV fluids to wards so previous experience of manual handling would be beneficial.
An understanding of stock management is crucial to this role; this involves checking, receiving and storing medicines. Ensuring that medicines are stored appropriately and securely in pharmacy, participating in stock-taking and the checking of medicines is an important part of this role, so attention to detail is vital.
Previous pharmacy experience would be an advantage but is not essential as full training will be provided.
Working for our organisation
The Pharmacy Team is innovative, caring and compassionate and provides Pharmacy Services to a wide range of paediatric specialties. We are patient focused and passionate about upholding the Trust Values in order to provide an excellent service.
The Pharmacy Department consists of a wide range of personnel including Pharmacists, Technicians and Assistant Technical Officers, working together as a team in a busy environment to ensure our patients receive exemplary care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To receive drug deliveries into the pharmacy and to be responsible for checking the accuracy of the product, quantity, expiry date and recording batch numbers
To accurately update the electronic pharmacy stock control system with all deliveries on a daily basis
To ensure all delivered stock is stored correctly and rotated in line with expiry dates to include fridge lines, inflammable liquids and cytotoxics
To handle deliveries (<25kg) in line with Health and Safety regulations ensuring safe unpacking and storage.
To obtain an authorised signature for the delivery of Controlled Drugs and ensure immediate security of the product.
To issue and charge wards and departments for IV fluids, topical sterile solutions etc against requisitions using the pharmacy stock control system in a timely manner to ensure best service to the patient.
To follow regional guidelines for the receipt and quarantining of unlicensed specialist medicine
To obtain C of As and C of Cs for unlicensed medicines from suppliers in a timely manner
To receive deliveries of blood products and issue to the haemophilia unit ensuring accurate recording of expiry dates and batch numbers
To assist with weekly stock and expiry date checks in the pharmacy store in accordance with department procedures to ensure correct storage and turnover of stock to maintain quality and potency.
To participate in the pharmacy purchasing development meeting
To maintain general tidiness of the pharmacy store area and to dispose of waste according to department procedure
To assist in the reconciliation of orders, delivery notes and invoices ensuring accurate filing within the purchasing office
To assist in chasing up outstanding orders that haven’t been delivered.
To assist in the stock control of stationary items within the stores.
Ensure that all missing goods/returns are dealt with and the correct paperwork is completed
Person specification
Experience of...
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in Healthcare Environment
- Experience working in Stores & Distribution Environment
Knowledge of
Essential criteria
- Microsoft Word processing/e-mail, accuracy entry skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to identify different medicines
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- IT Literate
- Math’s & English GCSE or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Previous NVQ experience or an NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy services
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team
- Good problem solving skills
- Good interpersonal and customer service skills
- Ability to organize and prioritise workload
- Good oral and written communication skills
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Enthusiasm for the role
- Willingness and self-motivation to learn in the workplace and college
- Methodical with attention to detail
- Friendly, empathetic and reliable team worker able to relate to all grades of staff
- Ability to cope with a busy environment
- Conscientious and reliable
- Satisfactory attendance and sickness record
- Ability to carry out moderate to intensive physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities including climbing ladders, stretching, bending and standing for long periods of time, manoeuvring cages and medicine boxes and manual handling bulk deliveries of medicines.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jennie McGuinness
- Job title
- Pharmacy Purchasing and IT Systems Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 293 3520
- Additional information
Available Monday to Friday 08.45am - 5pm
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