Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust • Full-time • United Kingdom, England, Birmingham • £20.27k - £21.32k / year • 1w ago

The successful candidate(s) will work with pharmacy colleagues to provide range of high-quality services to support pharmacy stores activities and ward top ups. This will initially be by working within pharmacy stores and later working collaboratively with the ward-based pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. This is an exciting time to join our team as progress our service for the new hospital.

"We would welcome applications from candidates who do not hold the NVQ Level 2 (Pharmacy) who would be prepared to undertake the training during employment" . This may be a stepping stone for candidates who wanted to pursue further in their career in different roles within hospital pharmacy.

Duties will be different depending on the area in which you are working, and full training will be provided, your role will be varied and challenging but ultimately rewarding! Your job may involve manual handling tasks such as lifting and moving of heavy parcels that may weigh up to 10 to 12 kg.

To meet these challenges, you will need to have a positive outlook, be resilient, and demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Medicines form an important part of treatment for the vast majority of patients. It is vital that all members of our pharmacy team demonstrate that they are capable of, and committed to, delivering high quality accurate and timely care.

Storing goods appropriately including cold chain and restricted items.

Rotate stock to minimise waste

Ensure work area is kept clean, tidy and de-cluttered

Issue stock to wards and departments

Assist in the packaging and delivery of goods to ward and departments.

To answer the telephones and to deal with clients, nurses and other hospital staff in a helpful, efficient and courteous manner.

Co-operate with pharmaceutical staff in all parts of the Trust, to the benefit of the service as a whole

Receive, record and assist with prioritisation of prescriptions into the dispensary.

Record prescriptions onto the Prescription tracking System (PTS).

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

For further information,please see attached the detailed job description and person specification to see what the role entails.