Assistant Technical Officer (ATO) Procurement & Distribution

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a pharmacy stock assistant role. The post focuses on managing medication stock within the hospital and ward areas, ensuring timely deliveries and accurate stock levels across the Trust.

You will assist with stock orders, top up services in clinical areas, and support procurement processes including supplier orders, tracking deliveries, and invoice processing to maintain smooth operations and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Manage stock of medications within the pharmacy department and ward areas within the Trust.
• Prepare stock orders for transport to external locations.
• Perform top up services in clinical areas within the Trust.
• Deliver medications to ward areas and maintain stock within the department.
• Manage procurement activities including placing supplier orders, tracking deliveries, receiving goods (including bulk fluids), and processing invoices.

Job description

This post provides an exciting opportunity to join the pharmacy team at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to enhance our ability to supply our wards and community areas with the medications they need to provide effective patient centred care.

To undertake duties under supervision to manage stock of medications within the pharmacy department and ward areas within the Trust. The role includes tasks such as; preparing stock orders for transport to external locations, performing top up services in clinical areas within the Trust, delivering medications to ward areas and stock maintenance within the department. Managed procurement activities including placing supplier orders, tracking and following up on outstanding deliveries, receiving goods including bulk fluids, and processing invoices, while consistently meeting deadlines and maintaining efficient workflow management.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most., Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state‑of‑the‑art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world‑class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.