Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Ward Based Services

Job summary

* 12 mth Fixed Term Maternity Cover *

To support and assist in the provision, development and delivery of a responsive, proactive and patient-focused pharmacy service to the ward based clinical teams.

*Band 2 with progression to Band 3 upon completion of relevant competencies and qualifications*

Main duties of the job

• To interpret and dispense inpatient, outpatient and discharge prescriptions in accordance with departmental procedures. This will include prescriptions for oral cytotoxic and controlled drugs.
• To place completed inpatient orders into patient lockers.
• To assist the ward pharmacists and technicians in discharge planning at ward level and to work with Staff Nurses and other healthcare professionals to facilitate timely discharges.
• To dispense ward discharge prescriptions and deliver them to the ward areas to facilitate timely discharges.
• To prompt the ordering of medication by liaising with ward staff and by using the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration system.
• To check patient POD lockers when appropriate, removing stopped medication and communicating with patients when necessary to ascertain supply requirements. To prompt relabelling of items when appropriate.
• To ensure seamless, accurate communication with pharmacy and ward staff regarding medication issues, particularly with regard to urgent supplies and discharges.
• To liaise with Provision and Procurement in relation to stock replenishment. To communicate stock issues to the ward teams and ward staff where necessary and to help manage the Ward drug trollies.
• To refer queries regarding the storage of refrigerated items to the Medicines Information department or appropriate pharmacist.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.