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Working days are mainly Monday Friday but may include some weekend work. A degree of flexibility regarding days worked is essential. This is a permanent position. Our base is at GRH but clinics are held daily around Gloucestershire and Swindon. The post holder will work as an assistant practitioner, carrying out abdominal ultrasound scans within standard operating procedures. Following successful completion of the Health Screeners Diploma (AAA), the post holder will work independently and make judgements according to experience and training. The post holder will reassure men attending the community AAA screening and surveillance clinics and explain the screening test to them. The post holder will have a key role in conducting quality assurance assessments of machines as per National Guidelines to include safe care, maintenance and handling of all equipment as used by self and others. Communicate effectively with patients, carers, relatives and all members of the multidisciplinary team. Maintain and develop high standards of care. Take on responsibility for personal development and maintaining specialist knowledge of AAA Screening Programme. Contribute towards the continuing development of professional screening practice in the clinical area. Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others.Work proactively to ensure that every patient attendance meets the patients expectations and needs.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Working days are mainly Monday Friday but may include some weekend work. A degree of flexibility regarding days worked is essential. This is a permanent position. Our base is at GRH but clinics are held daily around Gloucestershire and Swindon. The post holder will work as an assistant practitioner, carrying out abdominal ultrasound scans within standard operating procedures. Following successful completion of the Health Screeners Diploma (AAA), the post holder will work independently and make judgements according to experience and training. The post holder will reassure men attending the community AAA screening and surveillance clinics and explain the screening test to them. The post holder will have a key role in conducting quality assurance assessments of machines as per National Guidelines to include safe care, maintenance and handling of all equipment as used by self and others. Communicate effectively with patients, carers, relatives and all members of the multidisciplinary team. Maintain and develop high standards of care. Take on responsibility for personal development and maintaining specialist knowledge of AAA Screening Programme. Contribute towards the continuing development of professional screening practice in the clinical area. Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others.Work proactively to ensure that every patient attendance meets the patients expectations and needs.

JOB PURPOSE Undertake general pharmaceutical duties under the supervision of a Section Manager or deputy, assisting in the provision of a safe and effective Pharmacy service in line with current policies, procedures and legal requirements. Work within patient services undertaking medicines optimisation/discharge duties on the wards, improving the quality of care to patients in a clinical area by means of an efficient medicines optimisation system. This will include undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing patients own medicines ensuring they are suitable for use in hospital, one-stop dispensing to wards in preparation for patients discharge, maintaining and ordering non-stock medicines for patients and counselling patients on use of their medicines and provide information where required Work in the dispensary final accuracy checking prescriptions and provide support to the dispensary manager and lead technician in the co-ordination of the day to day running of the dispensary All Pharmacy staff involved in all aspects of the Pharmacy supply chain has a personal responsibility to ensure that all activities undertaken within our hospital Pharmacy are compliant with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and all relevant department procedures are followed effectively. KEY RESULT AREAS Medicines Optimisation & Discharge: Under the supervision of the Chief Pharmacy Technician or nominated deputy Work with minimal supervision to provide an admission, supply and discharge service to nominated wards. Liaising directly with pharmacists, doctors and nursing staff over clinical issues as appropriate. On admission, checking that the medicines prescribed for each patient conform with information from the patient, SCR, GP letter and/or Nursing Home, carrying out medicines reconciliation for individual patientsOperate the patients own drug scheme at all levels, assessing whether any medicines brought in by the patient are fit for use and removing (with patients permission) any medicines not needed Participate and develop a one stop dispensing pharmacy service, ward based including the education of training of nurses and ward staff in the systems operated. Initiate & accurately supply medication labelled ready for discharge and medicines needed on an individual basis for patients on the wardCounsel patients to use their medication and providing written information as required Prioritising and organising daily workload to ensure that all required tasks are completed within allocated timescale Aid discharge planning in conjunction with ward pharmacist and ward staff. Liaise with GP surgeries, Community Pharmacies, Patients and Carers to ensure that continuing supply of medicines are provided in compliance aids at discharge Check transcriptions of discharge prescriptions and check medications before bagging up for discharge involving checking the accuracy of the take home prescription against the drug chart and locker contents. The post holder will be responsible for the general medicinal housekeeping of the wards, e.g.: 3 monthly CD balance checks (stock & patients own), returning unwanted medicines into stock, keeping control of general ward stock levels, and the cost effective use of medicines Participate in the audit of the medicines management service through quality standards and robust auditing methods and to maintain such documentation and records of work as may be required Share best practise, seeking out new developments, informing other staff and implementing new practises where appropriate. Participate in the supervision, training and/or mentoring of student technicians, new or existing technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and junior pharmacists concerning the medicines management role on the wards Provide a pharmacy service to local community hospitals Dispensary Under the supervision of the Senior Pharmacy Technician or nominated deputy Final accuracy check prescriptions, orders and Controlled Drugs carrying out all tasks required to maintain checking technician status. To ensure the ward based one stop service and the dispensary develop and grow together and to contribute to policies as such. Accurately dispense prescriptions for patients (inpatients, outpatients or discharge), liaising with medical & nursing staff where clarification is required and also when there are drug supply problems. Accurately dispense controlled drug orders for wards & departments, and patients, making register entries, checking stock balances and reporting discrepancies that cannot be resolved to the Senior Pharmacy Technician To receive prescriptions and fees from the general public at the front hatch and process the payment through the till. To answer the back hatch to other hospital staff, dealing with their requests. To answer the telephone if required, dealing with queries regarding work in progress, dealing with the enquiry to the callers satisfaction or passing the call on to the most relevant person. Use the prescription tracking system to book in and track prescriptions at each stage in the process Participate in the supervision, training and/or mentoring of student technicians, new or existing technicians, pre-registration pharmacists & junior pharmacist concerning the technician checking role or other dispensary roles & duties. General Ensure the standard operating procedures are adhered to and Health and Safety procedures followed. There is a responsibility for stock control and security of medicines within daily duties. Foster & maintain good relationships with pharmacy, medical & nursing staff. Promote positive & effective communication within the department & service users. Be pro-active in risk assessment and ensuring safe systems of work.Contribute to policies & procedures. Be willing to re-arrange duties and prioritise according to service need if required to cover for absence and assist in ensuring that wards have adequate cover during absence. To be actively involved in instruction, mentoring, training and appraisal of technicians undertaking the regional medicines management course, and students, junior technicians and assistants within the dispensary. Participate in internal audit & surveys of service delivery as required, gathering reliable data and being able to collate it into a report if required to do so. Provide Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday cover as per rota.Comply with the code of expectations & values that the trust expects

As a member of the Childrens Integrated Therapies Service, you will be expected to be able to adapt to wide and varied group of children and families and their varying needs. You will be supporting with therapy in a range of community-based settings across the borough for children and young people from 0-19 years of age. You will be part of a community team where your proven ability to work collaboratively with children, young people and their families will support their development and facilitate them in achieving their aspirations. This will include being part of an immediate Occupational Therapy team and working with a broad multidisciplinary team and other partner agencies - forming part of network of support around the child and their family. Using evidence-based practise and specialist skills & knowledge, you will provide a range of interventions, delivery of goal-focused care plans and support to You will be expected to work autonomously across the community settings, working jointly with our partner services of Education and Social Care. Throughout your working you are required to maintain safeguarding of children and young people at all times. Your proactive approach to workload management and attuned communication skills will enable you coordinate and deliver therapy effectively and be an effective member of the team.

Ensure safe and secure handling of medicines in the service, identify issues and provide feedback to designated service Manage the Polarspeed supply process and Identify potential issues / areas which require work to achieve cost effectiveness use of medicines To provide quarterly financial reports from the supply service, external suppliers e.g polarspeed and using ePACT with interpretation to the Lead Pharmacist Mental Health on drug usage for CMHTs. This will involve looking at trend analysis and formulating plans to minimise drug wastage and promote cost-effective Provide technical pharmacy support to the clozapine and depot clinics Support patient discharge from inpatient mental health units to the community teamse.g. by ensuring arrangements are in place for obtaining atypical LAI.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on the main responsibilities of this vacancy.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required - Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). - Evidence of continuing professional development to comply with GPhC requirements. - BTEC / NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent. - Accredited checking technician (ACT) qualification with experience & competence (see above). - Medicines management / optimisation (MMT / MOT) Qualification with experience & competence (see above). - Able to work alone and unsupervised where needed. - Ability to organise and prioritise workload including dealing with interruptions. - Effective oral and written communication with colleagues, nursing and medical staff and patients / service users. - Intermediate competence in standard range of IT programs. - Daily manipulation of materials for the accurate dispensing of prescriptions including preparing aids and demonstrating devices to help patients manage their medicines at home. - Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times. Key Result Areas Clinical Pharmacy - Supporting clinical pharmacy services to inpatient wards and community mental health team bases - Managing patient medication non-stock or one stop supplies - Medicines reconciliation - Discharge facilitation - Liaising with ward staff for any issues relating to medication. - Educate patients on the use of their prescribed medication referring to a pharmacist for advice when necessary. - Encouraging compliance with national protocols, and local guidelines and formularies. - Maintaining appropriate clinical documentation and records, including intervention/contribution monitoring and outcome data - Participating with pharmacists, technicians and assistant technical officers to ensure a smooth, efficient and co-ordinated overall service. Dispensary Duties - Accurately dispense and supply medication as per dispensary standard operating procedures. - Accuracy checking dispensed prescriptions as per dispensary standard operating procedures. - Ensuring supplies are ready to be sent to wards & units in a timely manner. - Accessing the clozapine patient monitoring system and acting accordingly as per process. - Checking discharge medication summaries & uploading them onto the electronic clinical notes. - Weekend working commitment for the acute trust dispensary. Other - Working in or out of the pharmacy department using laptops or desktop computers. - Be part of a team to assist in running the clozapine clinic to work alongside nursing staff to monitor physical health for each client on clozapine give out their medication and counsel patients on clozapine. - Where appropriate, writing procedures / guidelines under direction from line manager. - Dealing with requests for information on wards, having interruptions during the day to answer queries, responding to telephone calls and email queries. - Visiting wards, talking to mental health patients and healthcare professionals. Awareness of mentally ill, sick and dying patients. Take responsibility for stock control and security of medicines within daily duties. - Undertaking continuing professional development (CPD) as required by the GPhC. - To undertake any other duties as deemed fit by the GHNHSFT management. - Occasional handling of potentially hazardous substances (e.g. cytotoxic medication) in accordance with standard operating procedures and COSHH regulations. - Lifting and moving light packages. Communication and working relationships - Communicate with and provide appropriate advice to Nurses and other health care professionals regarding medication issues within the post holders experience. - Communication with Patients and Carers regarding medication issues. - Communication daily with other members of the pharmacy team. - Develop and share own clinical knowledge with other members of the wider team. - An annual appraisal (development conversation) is implemented for all staff with their line manager. Safe Systems of Work - Accountable for own professional actions and activities, guided by legislation, national and local policies, procedures and protocols. - The post holder will be responsible for ensuring a safe working practice and environment through legislation such as the Health and Safety at Work Act and COSHH regulations, along with local policies and procedures including manual handling Participation in weekend working rota - The post holder will be part of the weekend working rota covering the acute trust pharmacy at a frequency of approximately 1 in 12. Improving quality and developing practice - Comply with requirements to register with the GPhC and identify own learning needs and ensuring own professional development is maintained by keeping up to date with practice developments. - Develop and maintain skills and knowledge necessary to deliver the service. - With supervision and assistance take on increased responsibility recognising own limitations and seeking help appropriately - Be competent in the use of all relevant Trust IT systems including the use of electronic patient record, email, and other systems where appropriate - Maintain regular use of emails to keep abreast of information disseminated in the Trust - Undertake all mandatory training - Identify own development needs, aligning these to service requirements and personal aspirations. Proactively develop and improve own practice using all available resources - Openly question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved.

JOB SUMMARY Maintenance Shift Technician will be employed on work appropriate to their core specialist skills and should possess levels of flexibility and competence to allow them to perform the following: - Perform work including activities which are complex and/or non-routine. - Responsible for fault finding and repair maintenance on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment - Provide diagnostics and repair services for Key Mechanical building services, plant and equipment such as HVAC, plumbing, Water, Piped Med Gas, Steam and Pressure systems Job Dimensions: (problem solving. decision making, impact, resource management including value, working environment, responsible for staff & equipment) - Perform a wide range of work of other crafts. Manufacture, assemble, erect and install new work. - Diagnose and carry out repairs, maintain and efficiently run plant and equipment. - Be conversant with various aspects of Planned Preventative Maintenance. Use all relevant tools and equipment. Understand fully the inter-relationship between various maintenance crafts. - Organise resources including labour, materials and transportation. - Actively participate in the operation of the Estates / Facilities management system including completion of all paperwork required of the scheme. (Including completion of all job information and time sheets). - Ability to manage minor electrical repairs - Have the ability to prioritise and plan own workload utilising the MICAD management system mobile data, for which appropriate training will be given. - Obligation to undertake training where necessary to learn new techniques, specifically in relation to specialised testing and maintenance routines. - Possess the ability to communicate and liaise with all levels of staff on possible technical matters regarding essential maintenance. - Be able to instruct others on aspects of own work relating to original trade, including other trades staff, maintenance assistants and contractors. - Liaise with ward/department Managers to arrange access for all building repair and maintenance. - Learn new techniques with additional training to own trade. - Have a good understanding of the workings of other trades in relationship to your own. - Exposure to heat, noise, body fluids, chemical hazards and sewage, continual lifting (occasionally heavy). - An ongoing requirement to exert moderate physical effort and frequent requirement for - Concentration i.e. faults finding, interpretation of drawings. - Occasional exposure to highly unpleasant working conditions i.e. sluices, infected areas, blocked drainage deep cleans, and barrier cleans. - Prepared to work outside and at times at height from ladders, mobile platforms and fixed platforms. - Required to follow Trust & GMS Procedures and participate in audits from internal and external sources. - Any other duties within the GMS function which may be required by the Estates Maintenance Manager within the scope of the individuals competence or as laid down in agreements between the Department of Health and Social Security and Trade Unions. - To take part in the maintenance on call rota including working unsocial hours as part of a shift rota - Develop as a Competent Person (CP) for Mechanical services such as HVAC, Water, Piped Med Gas, Steam - Work through the competency framework for this post COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS INTERNAL Site and Departmental Managers Ward staff Other department staff Fire Officer Patients and visitors EXTERNAL Suppliers Contractors Appleona

JOB SUMMARY To provide diagnostic and repair services to electrical building services, plant and equipment. Principally power and lighting systems, nurse call, fire detection, security and access control systems, heating and ventilation plant and equipment and to a lesser extent mechanical plant and equipment. ORGANISATIONAL CHART: Appended KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Recognised and registered electrical apprenticeship. Extensive years experience in maintenance works. BTEC ONC, City & Guilds Advanced Craft in a recognised electrical engineering discipline or equivalent recognised qualification. To have a comprehensive knowledge of electrical building services and specialist hospital services To be qualified to the 18th Edition IEE Regulations. To be fully conversant with BMS and control systems. To have an analytical fault-finding ability. To have excellent communication skills. To be competent in IT skills To be able to work on own initiative. To be able to work as part of a team. To have a customer focused approach to work. To hold full Current drivers licence KEY RESULT AREAS To diagnose and repair faults in electrical services, installations, plant and equipment. To have a secondary understanding of mechanical installations, plant and equipment. To efficiently and effectively organise resources including labour, materials and transportation. To liaise with managers and department heads to arrange access where necessary. To ensure good standards of workmanship, ensure all records are maintained and observe the Trust's procedure for Quality Control.Electrical Shift Technician August 2013 To observe statutory and other relevant requirements, in particular those relating to Health and Safety. To ensure any defects in plant, equipment or the building fabric are reported through the appropriate channels of communication. Undertake all necessary training appropriate to the post including areas of specialist hospital services. Supervise other trade staff as appropriate. Carry out routine duties and preventative maintenance as directed. To monitor planned preventative maintenance schedules. To be based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital/Cheltenham General Hospital but working at trust properties as necessary. To carry a bleep, radio hand set or mobile phone as required. To participate in the out of hours 'on-call' provision. To work unsocial hours as required, and return to work as and when necessary. To work a shift rota system. PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORKING CONTIONS Continuously wearing protective clothing and frequent use of personal protective equipment. Frequently lifting and carrying loads up to 25Kgs. Occasionally lifting and manoeuvring loads over 25Kgs using appropriate lifting equipment. Bending, working at heights crawling in sometimes cramped conditions, in restricted spaces and in extremes of temperatures. Regular working with body fluids, bio hazards and encountering sharps. MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THE ROLE - To ensure that all work is undertaken promptly, efficiently and to the highest standards while maintaining a customer focused approach and to carry out that work with the minimum of disruption and with consideration for patients, staff, members of the public and colleagues. COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS INTERNAL Site and Departmental Managers Ward staff Other department staff Fire Officer Patients and visitors EXTERNAL Suppliers Contractors Appleona

Ensure safe and secure handling of medicines in the service, identify issues and provide feedback to designated service Manage the Polarspeed supply process and Identify potential issues / areas which require work to achieve cost effectiveness use of medicines To provide quarterly financial reports from the supply service, external suppliers e.g polarspeed and using ePACT with interpretation to the Lead Pharmacist Mental Health on drug usage for CMHTs. This will involve looking at trend analysis and formulating plans to minimise drug wastage and promote cost-effective Provide technical pharmacy support to the clozapine and depot clinics Support patient discharge from inpatient mental health units to the community teamse.g. by ensuring arrangements are in place for obtaining atypical LAI.

The post-holder will provide Secondline Support, resolving complex IT incidents. Support will be provided both on site and remotely incidents passed from 1st line support. This role is highly visible, and requires a combination of technical skills, customer care, and business awareness. The post-holder will be required to respond to service desk calls, monitor other routes to the service desk and record incidents following clearly defined procedures, resolving incidents at first point of contact. Assigned to a zone within the County, the post-holder will be responsible for resolving IT issues within the relevant area(s).Where incidents are more complex in nature the post-holder will be required to investigate possible resolutions until a solution that meets the end-user needs, can be found. At all times, the customer must be kept fully informed of the job reference and indicative resolution time/date. Monitoring of calls logged will play a key part of this role, to ensure the fair distribution of tasks and that cover arrangements are agreed within the Team. The post-holder will actively participate in IT project implementation plans. Post-holders will also be required to be on-call. MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 1. respond to and resolve 2nd line incidents passed on from the Service Desk Operators and IT Engineers; investigating and rectifying complex IT issues; 2. deliver an excellent quality, client-focused service; 3. provide advice and expertise on all aspects of IT used within the organisation; 4. provide training and mentorship to new starters or less experienced IT staff in line with the IT Team Skills Development Programme; 5. liaise with relevant third party maintenance companys, recording and escalating any hardware/software problems as required; 6. update the Service Desk Management System to support the provision of performance statistics; 7. be proactive in approach to problem management by identifying multiple instances of incidents, researching possible resolutions in in some cases, undertaking a root cause analysis; 8. record resolution details in the service desk management software selecting the relevant resolution categories; 9. assign unresolved Incidents to the appropriate specialist IT Team/IT product Engineer; 10. communicate with to end-users informing on progress and providing and where possible provide and estimated resolution time; 11. escalate major incidents to Problem Management and contribute to major incident reviews where appropriate; 12. perform a manual closure of resolved incidents, ensuring the customer is satisfied with the resolution before closing the record; 13. conduct User Satisfaction surveys under the instruction of the Service Desk and Desktop Support Manager; 14. perform Active Directory administration duties; 15. handle fragile components in live environments, replacing live hardware with high degree of precision; 16. create and maintain technical procedures and training documentation for use by members of the IT Team; 17. carry out Email (including MS Exchange NHS Mail) administration duties, such as mail box creation and updating email distribution groups, unlocking NHS Mail accounts, and password resets; 18. On occasion, cover for the Service Desk Operators and IT Engineers; 19. manage own workload with minimum supervision; 20. contribute to policies and protocols for own work area; 21. work autonomously but within departmental procedures; 22. establish and maintain positive working relationships within the IT Team, key stakeholders and all Trust departments; 23. participate in personal objective setting and reviews that are in line with strategic objectives; 24. attend all mandatory training sessions as required by the Trust.