Senior Assistant Technical Officer

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person specification

Essential Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 4 GCSEs grade C/4 or above or equivalent must include Maths, English and Science
• AND NVQ Level 2 in pharmacy services OR equivalent relevant qualification to area of speciality
• AND Willingness to work towards NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent training

Desirable criteria

• A Levels / Degree level education in science related field

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of following standard working instructions/procedures
• IT skills
• Team working
• Experience of stock control
• Ability to investigate queries, taking action if appropriate
• Prides oneself on maintaining a high standard of work

Desirable criteria

• At least 1 years' previous experience in a similar role
• Experience of good manufacturing practice
• Preparation of aseptic products

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
6. We work with 'trac.jobs' to support out recruitment process. If you have any queries regarding this please read this privacy notice.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non encrypted format.

If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help

At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD/PER SPEC (PDF, 670.9KB)
• Statement handling - updated from policy (PDF, 33.6KB)
• Policy ex-offenders (PDF, 36.1KB)
• Infection control statement (PDF, 107.5KB)
• DBS Code of practice (PDF, 54.9KB)
• Trust Policy on Managing Risk Associated with Safeguarding Children (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Family Relocation Information (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Speaking Up Policy (PDF, 523.6KB)
• Recruitment Reasonable Adjustments (PDF, 122.1KB)