Assistant Technical Officer - Pharmacy Cytolab Messenger

Job 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.

This role is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual with excellent communication and team working skills.

Main duties of the job

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1. To deliver completed Cytolab orders to clinical areas and collect and deliver Prescriptions to Pharmacy staff.

2. 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.

3. 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. 5. To correctly dispose of Cytotoxic, Domestic and Recyclable waste.

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. Potential - We will deliver world-class research and education and transform health through innovation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To deliver completed Cytolab orders to clinical areas and collect and deliver Prescriptions to Pharmacy staff.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. To correctly dispose of Cytotoxic, Domestic and Recyclable waste.

5. To restock shelves in Cytolab, ensuring good stock rotation.

6. 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 communicate information between the wards and Pharmacy accurately and efficiently.

7. 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.

8. Under the direction of department supervisors and managers prioritise workload to ensure customer and patient needs and expectations are met.

9. Appropriately store and file batch manufacturing and batch packing records in line with department procedures

10. Assist in the training of new staff within the department, including relief portering staff, in the pick-up and delivery system from Pharmacy areas.

11. Participate in the departmental individual performance review system (IPR) as an appraisee.

12. To participate in the Bank Holiday rotas and 7 day shift working.

13. Any other reasonable duties, which may from time to time, be agreed with the Chief Technician. This job description is not exhaustive. It is intended to give an outline of what is expected and is subject to annual review as part of the departmental appraisal scheme.