Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join the Pharmacy Patient Services Team as a Senior Assistant Technical Officer for the Dispensary.

We provide an exciting and sociable working environment and are looking for forward thinking, enthusiastic and highly motivated person to join our highly regarded team. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills and you will need to be able to work effectively with the existing team both at ward level and within the Pharmacy Department. Proven organisational and team leading skills are essential.

Experience of working and supervising in a pharmacy environment is necessary along with an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Services (or equivalent).

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 

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work predominantly within the Pharmacy dispensary and will lead on one of our four key areas within Patient Services which are:

• Pharmacy Hubs
• Dispensary
• CD Room and Clinics
• Overseeing the support function in the Pharmacy Dispensary

Working as part of the pharmacy team, distribution involves the supply of medicines as stock to wards and departments, issuing of patient specific medications, working within a multi-disciplinary team, including: stock management, issuing of pharmaceutical products.

You will work during the week, weekends and Bank Holidays. The weekend working is on a rota basis working 1 in 4 weekends and the Bank Holiday working is on a rota. 

Working for our organisation

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.