Job summary
**Are you ready to make a difference? **
If you want to be a part of an ambitious team that continually strives to deliver outstanding clinical care to women, babies and their families then we need you!
We are seeking a self-motivated, and enthusiastic senior ATOto join our pharmacy team based at our Birmingham Women's Hospital pharmacy site. You will support the provision of medicines to the Birmingham Women's Hospital and also assist with administrative duties to support the Clinical Pharmacy team.
The post holder will be based within the Clinical Pharmacy Team at Birmingham Women's Hospital site but may be required to support services within the pharmacy department on the Birmingham Children's Hospital site.
Excellent communication and IT skills will be required to ensure all processes are carried out accurately and efficiently
Main duties of the job
Duties will include:
- Lead on the day to day stock top ups to wards and departments
- Communicate closely with external stock provider
- Actively support and participate in stock management.
- Chase outstanding orders and follow up on MCS issues
- Respond to priority and urgent requests
- Communicate any anticipated stock delays to the senior technician
- Support the team with administrative duties
- Support the senior technician with day to day processes
- To assist with drug alerts
- Support with medicine safe and secure storage audits
You will need to already have the NVQ 2 in Pharmacy Services and your practice be current and up to date
For further information about this post please contact:
Louise Whitticase, Principal Pharmacist Women's and Neonatal Services on 0121 333 1377 x5789 or email louise.whitticase@nhs.net
Riana Bashir, Lead Pharmacy Technician, email riana.bashir@nhs.net
Perry Coley, Chief Pharmacy Technician on 0121 333 9786 or email: perry.coley@nhs.net
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE's in English and Maths
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential
- Experience/ knowledge of stock management systems including topping up stock on wards
- Ability to move and handle heavy and awkward loads
- Experience using Microsoft Word, Access and Excel
- Experience of communicating with other teams including other health care professionals.
- Must have an understanding of the Trust Values.
- An understanding of the adherence and purpose of standard operating procedures; supporting & participating in any changes to process.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
- Experience of using Pharmacy/ Finance Systems such as Ascribe and Wellsky.
- Experience of participating in safe and secure medicine storage audits.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands, such as an urgent stock request.
- Ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Application of skills to support the optimisation of stock management systems and to reduce wastage.
- Ability to enter data accurately, format and understand data on reports generated by Pharmacy/ Finance Computer Systems.
- Ability to escalate issues and knows limits of own ability
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent team player
- Excellent health and attendance record
- Effective organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work accurately under pressure
- Good written and verbal English
- Adaptable to changes in working practices
- Smart appearance, creating a good impression to others
- Ability to work accurately on all tasks
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Remain professional at all times
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- An understanding and the ability to undertake the duties outlines in the job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE's in English and Maths
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential
- Experience/ knowledge of stock management systems including topping up stock on wards
- Ability to move and handle heavy and awkward loads
- Experience using Microsoft Word, Access and Excel
- Experience of communicating with other teams including other health care professionals.
- Must have an understanding of the Trust Values.
- An understanding of the adherence and purpose of standard operating procedures; supporting & participating in any changes to process.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
- Experience of using Pharmacy/ Finance Systems such as Ascribe and Wellsky.
- Experience of participating in safe and secure medicine storage audits.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands, such as an urgent stock request.
- Ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Application of skills to support the optimisation of stock management systems and to reduce wastage.
- Ability to enter data accurately, format and understand data on reports generated by Pharmacy/ Finance Computer Systems.
- Ability to escalate issues and knows limits of own ability
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent team player
- Excellent health and attendance record
- Effective organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work accurately under pressure
- Good written and verbal English
- Adaptable to changes in working practices
- Smart appearance, creating a good impression to others
- Ability to work accurately on all tasks
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Remain professional at all times
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- An understanding and the ability to undertake the duties outlines in the job description
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Women's Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
B15 2TG
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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