Assistant Technical Officer

Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the general day to day operational functions of Pharmacy Stores, including providing a high quality and efficient pharmacy distribution and goods in service. The post holder will support the smooth running of the Pharmacy stores for staff and other Trust employees.

Participate in the receipt of all goods delivered to Pharmacy stores. This will involve checking goods received against delivery documents, making a record of quantity received, batch numbers and expiry dates on the paper delivery note and recording the details on to the pharmacy computer system.

Participate in the topping-up service to wards and departments at QHB or RDH/ FNCH, liaising with Divisional Pharmacists and Ward Managers as required regarding stock lists. This will include the regular expiry date checking of items stored at ward level and the removal and return of items that have expired

Main duties of the job

Participate in the adhoc supply of stock items to wards and departments, this will include checking stock status, stock levels and alerting Divisional Pharmacists of any requests for abusable drugs that are outside of the agreed stock levels

Participate in the supply and distribution of pharmaceuticals to wards and departments by preparing ward stock orders and dispensing items from stock lists

Participate in out of hours, weekend and Bank Holiday work in accordance with departmental rotas

To be conversant with the use of the pharmacy computer system

Closing date of applications: 2 June 2024

Interview date: 14 June 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queens Hospital Burton

Belvedere Road

Burton On Trent

DE13 0RB

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queens Hospital Burton

Belvedere Road

Burton On Trent

DE13 0RB

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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