Total 2 Maintenance / Repair job vacancies in NG7 7HL

You'll find a full overview of the duties of Pharmacy Lead Technician - Procurement within the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.

We are seeking a Pharmacy Technician to work within our well-established medicine and integrated care speciality. We aim to improve and support the quality of patients' care in clinical areas by the provision of a professional and effective medicines management service, with the emphasis on the re-use and assessment of patients own medications, medicine reconciliation, patient counselling, preparation of discharge prescriptions, one stop dispensing and authorised checking.This will include 4 month rotations in a variety of clinical areas such as:

· Health Care of the Older Person (HCOP) & Frailty – This would include time spent on the newly opened Geriatric Assessment Unit (GAU), a specific admissions area for people older than 75 with an acute illness and the base HCOP wards.

· Diabetes & Endocrinology (C52) – Caring for patients with diabetes and endocrinology conditions requiring hospital care. The ward also sometimes cares for rheumatology and dermatology inpatients.

· Medical-Surgery patients (C53) – This ward cares for patients with medical needs whose speciality sits under the surgical division, including vascular, neurology and gastroenterology.

Stroke – Covering the newly merged Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) and Acute Stroke Unit (ASU), caring for those who have had a new stroke event and rehabilitation afterwards

Please refer to the job description for full details of the duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.

The post will include both ward based & dispensary activities which include:

To support the Clinical Pharmacists and Chief Medicines Management Technician by the provision of a high quality medicine management service within medicine and integrated care speciality.

To participate in the full programme of validations & training schemes

To participate in ward controlled drug checks, returns & transfer of patients own controlled drugs to new ward areas

To be involved in the training of new pharmacy & nursing staff

To work with the multidisciplinary teams at ward level & teams in primary care

To undertake a regular operational commitment in order to maintain competencies & demonstrate fitness to practice as a registered pharmacy technician

Issue dispensed medication in the pharmacy satellites & dispensaries & counsel patients appropriately on the correct and safe use of their medicines

To be involved in the training of Technical & ATO staff in the satellite/dispensaries

To participate in rostered 7-day working which includes weekends and bank holidays

Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time, part-time hours will be considered for the correct candidate.

With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.



Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!



We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

Please refer to the job description for full details of the duties and responsibilities that the post holder will be required to undertake.

The post will include both ward based and dispensary activities which include:

To support the Clinical Pharmacists and Chief Medicines Management Technician by participating in the provision of a high quality, professional and effect medicine management service within the medicine and integrated care speciality

To participate in the full programme of validations and training schemes

To participate in ward based audit schemes or other forms of research

To participate in ward controlled drug checks, returns and transfer of patients own controlled drugs to new ward areas

To be involved in the training of new pharmacy and nursing ward support staff

To work with the multidisciplinary teams at ward level and teams in primary care

Assisting the Medicines Information department in the co-ordination of the Drug Hazard/Recall procedure in the event of a drug recall, where appropriate.

To undertake a regular operational commitment in order to maintain competencies and demonstrate fitness to practice as a registered pharmacy technician

To provide a controlled drug ward service to specific areas against ore-arranged stock lists and to co-ordinate return of controlled drugs system for designated wards

Issue dispensed medication in the pharmacy satellites and dispensaries and counsel patients appropriately on the correct and safe use of their medicines

To be involved in the training of Technical and ATO staff in the satellite/dispensaries

To participate in the NVQ training and assessment process of student technicians within the satellite/dispensaries and at ward level

To assist in the management of the day-to-day stock holding in the satellite/dispensaries

To utilise the pharmacy IT systems as required

To participate in rostered 7-day working which includes weekends and bank holidays

Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time, part-time hours will be considered for the correct candidate. If desired, please outline this on your application form.


This advert closes on Thursday 21 Nov 2024