Senior Assistant Technical Officer- Medical Gases PRH/RSCH, Brighton and Hove

Job summary

We're looking for an organised and proactive team player to join our pharmacy team. In this exciting opportunity as a Senior Assistant Technical Officer you will play a key role in the management of medical gas cylinders - while helping the NHS reduce waste by managing the storage area, expiry date checks and stock rotation.

We're looking for someone with strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a genuine commitment to teamwork and training other staff. You should enjoy problem-solving and take pride in improving processes.

In return, you'll join a friendly, forward-thinking pharmacy team where'better never stops.'You'll receive full training, opportunities to develop and the chance to contribute to meaningful improvement projects that make a real difference to the NHS and the planet.

This post can either be cross-site between Royal Sussex County in Brighton and Princess Royal in Haywards Heath or as a part-time positions each based on one of the sites.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Assistant Technical Officer for medical gases, you'll help ensure the safe, efficient and accurate storage and rotation of medical gas cylinders across the hospital sites. You'll support, train and supervise other staff, and maintain high standards of safety and service.

A key part of the role will be managing and supervising the medical gas cylinder stores, expiry date checking, stock rotation and segregation of part used cylinders for re-use, reducing waste and supporting the Trust's sustainability goals. You'll be responsible for training and supporting porters in new processes in cylinder management as they are introduced, supporting audits regarding medical gases including security and efficiency of returning used cylinders.

We're looking for someone who is organised, accurate and a great communicator, with a strong commitment to teamwork and patient care. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills, support innovation, and make a real difference both to patients and the environment.

About us

Working for our organisation

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

Candidate Pack

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.

If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Role Summary
  
  • Responsibility for storage of all medical gases within the medical gas cylinder stores and clinical areas, to include managing and supervising storage areas, expiry date checking and stock rotation.
  • Responsibility for the segregation of part used cylinders within the cylinder store to enable re-issue to areas able to safely use.
  • Supports carrying out audits regarding medical gases looking at security of medical gases and efficiency of returning used cylinders.
  • Provides high level supervision, training and assistance to the porters for cylinder management throughout the trust by supporting cylinder management and tracking systems as they are introduced

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.

If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Role Summary
  
  • Responsibility for storage of all medical gases within the medical gas cylinder stores and clinical areas, to include managing and supervising storage areas, expiry date checking and stock rotation.
  • Responsibility for the segregation of part used cylinders within the cylinder store to enable re-issue to areas able to safely use.
  • Supports carrying out audits regarding medical gases looking at security of medical gases and efficiency of returning used cylinders.
  • Provides high level supervision, training and assistance to the porters for cylinder management throughout the trust by supporting cylinder management and tracking systems as they are introduced

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Person Specification

Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent experience
• Pharmacy or medical gas cylinder work-based experience

Desirable

• Previous or existing storekeeper experience or general porter role with medical gas cylinder experience

Skills

Essential

• Able to communicate and develop working relationships
• Able to prioritise and manage a range of tasks and duties with competing demands
• Able to plan work and set priorities for self and other staff
• Use of stock control systems

Desirable

• Able to deal with emergency supply requests

Training

Essential

• Training of other staff

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Person Specification
Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent experience
• Pharmacy or medical gas cylinder work-based experience

Desirable

• Previous or existing storekeeper experience or general porter role with medical gas cylinder experience

Skills

Essential

• Able to communicate and develop working relationships
• Able to prioritise and manage a range of tasks and duties with competing demands
• Able to plan work and set priorities for self and other staff
• Use of stock control systems

Desirable

• Able to deal with emergency supply requests

Training

Essential

• Training of other staff

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address

Royal Sussex County Hospital or Princess Royal Hospital

Eastern Road

Brighton

BN2 5BE

United Kingdom

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