Lead Assistant Technical Officer

at  University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

We are extremely pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to work with our friendly pharmacy team in a newly developed role as a Lead Assistant Technical Officer.
You will work in the dispensary supporting Senior Technicians and Pharmacists by leading on dispensary operations and performance, controlled drug systems & processes and education and training of junior staff. The role will also develop and enhance your leadership skills by line managing staff and after completion of a training programme you will be able to accuracy check dispensed medicines.
So, if you want a change and are enthusiastic and motivated to take on a new role, look no further.
The successful candidate will form part of a rotation within the dispensary covering 3 areas of responsibility as stated above. The activities will include -
Planning, supervising and prioritising daily workload, producing and co-ordinating rotas
Working to ensure the accurate and timely dispensing of medication in order to enable the timely provision of the dispensary service.
Facilitate discharges in accordance with the agreed turnaround times, working on own initiative and closely with the dispensary leads and ward based teams
Providing a pharmacy service including dispensing routine and complex medicines to patients.
Completing the final accuracy check of dispensed items
Working closely with the Lead Technicians to ensure staff training needs are met and appropriate competencies completed providing additional training as required.
Actively participating and contributing to the training and supervision of the work being carried out by staff working in the dispensary and dispensing hubs.
Line manage allocated support staff e.g. SATOs, MMAs, ATOs
Mentoring and acting as a role model for others in order to ensure systems and procedures are understood and competency standards achieved by demonstrating trust values and behaviours.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Benefits of working at UHNM as part of the Pharmacy Patient Services team:
Good career progression pathways and training opportunities
NHS discount with Blue Light card in selected retail chains
Employee benefit government schemes such as cycle to work
Minimum 27 days annual leave pro rata plus bank holidays
In-house training courses and annual personal development reviews
Access to free health support including physiotherapy, counselling and eye test
Uniform will be provided
Access to competitive NHS pension scheme
This post offers the opportunity to gain line management and leadership experience. We offer a professionally rewarding career path with the opportunity for personal development along the way, in addition to the many other benefits you would expect from working in the NHS.
Please see the attached job description detailing expected duties and responsibilities

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