Job summary
Employer heading
Pharmacy Homecare Senior Assistant Technical Officer
Band 3
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.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Homecare Team within the (UHDB) University Hospitals of Derby & Burton Pharmacy High-Cost Drugs & Commissioning Team.
The successful candidate will need to have exceptional communication skills, to be conscientious, reliable, well organised, good numeracy and literacy skills and the individual should be able to prioritise their own workload effectively. Experience in homecare medicines services may be beneficial but is not essential.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will provide support to the Senior Homecare Technician in managing and developing the pharmacy operational technical service related to medicines homecare at UHDB. Some of the main duties of the role include:
- To provide technical support to the Pharmacy High-Cost Drugs & Commissioning Team and other relevant Pharmacy support teams.
- To help ensure that UHDB medicines homecare services are of a consistently high standard by regular liaison with UHDB clinical teams, and representatives of homecare companies.
- Responsible for the day to day duties relating to homecare medicines supplies including prescription management, patient registration and GDPR forms.
- Discussing complex information with clinical teams when querying prescriptions.
Closing date of applications: 29 July 2024
Interview date: 12 August 2024
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Working towards NVQ 2 or equivalent in pharmacy services
Desirable criteria
- Basic accounting qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of team working
Desirable criteria
- Previous relevant hospital pharmacy or pharmacy homecare experience
- Microsoft Office Intermediate level for Word and Excel
Planning & organisational skills
Essential criteria
- Able to plan own workload. Able to work to deadlines
Communication
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate with pharmacy staff, other Trust staff and pharmacy homecare providers external to the Trust
Desirable criteria
- Able to demonstrate non-verbal communication
Analytical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and investigate issues
Desirable criteria
- Ability to recognise errors made by others, and be able to report them
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie Thornley
- Job title
- Outsourcing Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01332 789954
- Additional information
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Training Centre
Rehab Block
Level 3
Derby
Derbyshire
DE22 3NE
- Telephone
- 01332 788466
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