Senior Assistant Technical Officer - St Thomas' Dispensary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated individual to join the inpatient dispensary as a Senior Assistant Technical Officer. The post involves assisting with reception duties, handling calls, and dispensing inpatient and discharge medications in line with CQC standards.

You will work with the dispensary team to manage controlled drugs using an Omnicell cabinet, perform stock checks, and ensure compliance with legal requirements.

Qualifications

• Duties include supporting dispensary staff with daily tasks.
• Experience providing care to patients in a hospital setting is advantageous.
• Understanding of controlled drugs legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to communicate clearly with doctors, nurses and other staff.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with reception and phone duties.
• Responding to complex queries from clinicians.
• Dispensing inpatient and discharge medications.
• Dispensing controlled drugs using the Omnicell cabinet.
• Basic understanding of controlled drug medication and legalities.
• Stock management and rotation to minimise waste and loss.
• Performing regular stock checks and cabinet counts.

Skills

Dispensing medications

Controlled substances handling

Omnicell cabinet operation

Tools

Omnicell cabinet

Job description

An exciting opportunity has presented for a self-motivated, proactive and hard working individual to join our team in St Thomas' inpatient dispensary.

The post-holder will work closely with other Senior Assistant Technical officers to help provide core support to dispensary staff, demonstrate comprehensive communication and assist in the dispensing of medicines to in-patients and the supply of discharge medications in line with CQC standards.

Please note the interview will be conducted using a progressive transparent interview process. Some interview questions will be sent in advance to applicants - with the aim to be truly inclusive as we recognise some of the barriers that interviews create.

The main duties of a Senior Assistant Technical Officer;

• Assisting with reception and phone duties
• Answering and resolving complex queries from doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals
• Dispensing inpatient and Discharge medications
• Dispensing controlled drugs using our controlled drug omnicell cabinet
• Basic understanding of controlled drug medication and legalities
• Returning/ Discarding of medication following procedures
• Ordering, monitoring and stocking the Dispensary appliances daily
• Dispensary stock checks
• Rotation of stock to ensure minimal stock loss
• Omnicell cabinet counts for ward stock/Departments
• Dispensing of inpatient and discharge medication
  
  

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts, providing specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Organisational Values

Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust. The post holder will be:

• Caring
• Ambitious
• Inclusive
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Farah Hussein Job title: Lead Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02071885053