Assistant Technical Officer, Pharmacy

It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to become part of our team at East Cheshire NHS Trust Pharmacy Department.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team of Assistant Technical Officers within the pharmacy stores department. You will provide safe, timely, appropriate and high quality pharmaceutical services for patients and staff and assist in the distribution of medicines to the hospital wards and clinics throughout the Trust.

Full training will be provided in all areas along with working towards an NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Assistant qualification.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients at East Cheshire NHS Trust through the provision of a safe, efficient and effective dispensary and distribution service with the opportunity to progress.

The main duties of this varied and interesting role are:

• Ward Services Role – Stock top ups, medication returns
• Distribution Role – Processing orders and to-follows, picking orders using the pharmacy robot and packing orders for wards, customers (under an MHRA license), temperature monitoring, bulk fluids
• Goods Receipt Role – Signing for and booking in goods, dealing with incorrect delivered goods, trouble shooting pharmacy robot, loading the robot
• Reception Role (providing cover) – Greeting patients and staff, booking in prescriptions, filing prescriptions

For further details on the duties for this role please see attached job description.

Working for our organisation

It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a CoS for the post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on the Visas and immigration – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) level (or equivalent qualification) including Maths and English at level C or above

Knowledge

• Understanding of the Healthcare setting
• Knowledge or work-based procedures
• Basic understanding of pharmacy practice

Skills

• Enthusiastic and motivated approach to work
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workload
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Experience

• Working with computers to process accurate information
• Community Pharmacy Experience
• Hospital Pharmacy experience

Other Role Requirements

• Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details regarding the role requirements

Please read the guidance for applicants and completing the application form documents prior to completing your application form (documents are located below).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.

The Trust may close any advertised post before the stated closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the advert closing date, regretfully you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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