A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and ambitious Senior Assistant Technical Officer (SATO) to join our friendly and supportive Women's and Children's team here at St Michael's and the Children's hospitals.
You must be highly organised, have excellent people and communication skills and ability to adapt quickly to new situations and challenges. You should also strive to be a proactive member of the supervision and training of new assistants and trainee's once comfortable in the role.
After showing competency in the main responsibilities to the required standard, you will be considered for training towards participation in duties that involve ward level medication supply & advice. This will require the SATO to be willing to complete training modules relating to medicines optimisation for pharmacy support staff as provided by Pharmacy Workforce Development South (PWDS). Such training is a requirement of the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) for pharmacy support staff involved in these duties.
Training under supervision will be provided to undertake counting and supply of stock medicines at ward level (known as top -up) and training to become a dispensing and ward stock supply SATO at W&C's. This will include assisting in the dispensing process of patient level medicines in both dispensaries, ensuring these are safely issued to patients, as well as supply of stock medicines at St Michael's Hospital.
The General Duties of a SATO also include assisting the pharmacy services to inpatients & outpatients through dispensing, packing and labelling of medicines. Ensuring the dispensary is kept tidy and has all the items available that are used in supplying medicines to patients - these include making sure that the dispensary has sufficient stocks of bottles, caps, boxes, bags, labels etc.
The SATO also supports areas of stock keeping & management of pharmaceuticals within the dispensary including stock check, goods receipt and stock preparation.
The SATO will regularly support the dispensary service in providing a friendly, professional and informative front line service to all internal dispensary customers. Support will also be given by the SATO in answering the telephone and dealing with tracking and simple internal and external enquiries.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Mar 2025
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