Assistant Technical Officer - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Description
Band 2Main area
- Pharmacy
Grade
- Band 2
Contract
- Permanent
Hours
- Full time hours per week
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Site
- City Hospital
Town
- Nottingham
Salary
- £20,270 - £21,318 per annum
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Salary period
- Yearly
Closing
- 05/04/2023 23:59Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an assistant technical officer to join the Pharmacy Production Team in the Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Production Unit (Cytolab) at City Hospital Campus of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the summary below you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
To provide a regular pick-up and delivery system for dispensed medicines to wards at agreed times, to collect prescriptions, ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
To pack the items into sealed delivery bags following departmental SOP's, ensuring deliveries are handed to the correct member of staff.
This service may include the delivery of Controlled Drugs, written receipt must be obtained and the numbered tag matched to the paperwork by a trained member of ward staff following departmental SOP's.
To collect and sort Pharmaceutical and Non Pharmaceutical Waste from designated areas in the Pharmacy and deliver to the appropriate disposal point ensuring that the relevant paper work is correct and departmental guide lines are followed.
Working for our organisation
Patients - We will ensure our patients receive consistently high quality, safe care with outstanding outcomes and experience
People - We will build on our position as an employer of choice; with an engaged, developed and empowered team that puts patient care at the heart of everything it does
Places - We will invest in our estate, equipment and digital infrastructure to support the delivery of high quality patient care
Performance - We will consistently achieve our performance standards and make the best use of resources to contribute to an affordable healthcare system
Partners - We will support the improvement of the health of the communities we serve through strong system leadership and innovative partnerships to deliver integrated models of care 6.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver completed Cytolab orders to clinical areas and collect and deliver Prescriptions to Pharmacy staff.
To provide a regular pick-up and delivery system for dispensed medicines to wards at agreed times, to collect prescriptions, ensuring that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
To pack the items into sealed delivery bags following departmental SOP's, ensuring deliveries are handed to the correct member of staff.
This service may include the delivery of Controlled Drugs, written receipt must be obtained and the numbered tag matched to the paperwork by a trained member of ward staff following departmental SOP's.
To collect and sort Pharmaceutical and Non Pharmaceutical Waste from designated areas in the Pharmacy and deliver to the appropriate disposal point ensuring that the relevant paper work is correct and departmental guide lines are followed.
To restock shelves in Cytolab, ensuring good stock rotation.
To answer the telephone and deal with face to face enquiries of a routine nature from a wide range of staff groups and refer appropriate queries to the relevant member of the pharmacy team.
To assist with the receipt of deliveries to Cytolab under the direction of the Senior Assistant Technical Officers.
Duties to include unloading of vehicles, recording of batch numbers and expiry dates and then putting away into the relevant correct storage locations, observing any special delivery requirements ie cold storage if unable to deal with straight away.
Under the direction of department supervisors and managers prioritise workload to ensure customer and patient needs and expectations are met.
Assist in the training of new staff within the department, including relief portering staff, in the pick-up and delivery system from Pharmacy areas.
To participate in the Bank Holiday rotas and 7 day shift working.
Person specificat
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