# Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Stock & Distribution > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-assistant-technical-officer-stock-and-distribution/8ddb2821-1088-4de3-86cd-91a997ae4dc7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-assistant-technical-officer-stock-and-distribution/8ddb2821-1088-4de3-86cd-91a997ae4dc7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-23T12:11:07.694Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8026318 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8026318?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview **Are you ready to make a difference? ** If you want to be a part of an ambitious team that continually strives to deliver outstanding clinical care to women, babies and their families then we need you! We are seeking a self- motivated, and enthusiastic senior ATO to join our pharmacy team based at our Birmingham Women’s Hospital pharmacy site. You will  support the provision of medicines to the Birmingham Women’s Hospital and also assist with administrative duties to support the Clinical Pharmacy team. The post holder will be based within the Clinical Pharmacy Team at Birmingham Women’s Hospital site but may be required to support services within the pharmacy department on the Birmingham Children’s Hospital site. Excellent communication and IT skills will be required to ensure all processes are carried out accurately and efficiently ### Main duties of the job Duties will include: - Lead on the day to day stock top ups to wards and departments - Communicate closely with external stock provider - Actively support and participate in stock management. - Chase outstanding orders and follow up on MCS issues - Respond to priority and urgent requests - Communicate any anticipated stock delays to the senior technician - Support the team with administrative duties - Support the senior technician with day to day processes - To assist with drug alerts - Support with medicine safe and secure storage audits You will need to already have the NVQ 2 in Pharmacy Services and your practice be current and up to date For further information about this post please contact: Louise Whitticase, Principal Pharmacist Women's and Neonatal Services on 0121 333 1377 x5789 or email \[email protected\] Riana Bashir, Lead Pharmacy Technician, email \[email protected\] Perry Coley, Chief Pharmacy Technician on 0121 333 9786 or email: \[email protected\] ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE’s in English and Maths - NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services ### Analytical and Judgement Skills **Essential** - Problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands, such as an urgent stock request. - Ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise. - Application of skills to support the optimisation of stock management systems and to reduce wastage. - Ability to enter data accurately, format and understand data on reports generated by Pharmacy/ Finance Computer Systems. - Ability to escalate issues and knows limits of own ability ### Knowledge & Nature of Experience **Essential** - Experience/ knowledge of stock management systems including topping up stock on wards - Ability to move and handle heavy and awkward loads - Experience using Microsoft Word, Access and Excel - Experience of communicating with other teams including other health care professionals. - Must have an understanding of the Trust Values. - An understanding of the adherence and purpose of standard operating procedures; supporting & participating in any changes to process. **Desirable** - Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy - Experience of using Pharmacy/ Finance Systems such as Ascribe and Wellsky. - Experience of participating in safe and secure medicine storage audits. ### Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes **Essential** - Excellent team player - Excellent health and attendance record - Effective organisational skills - Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work accurately under pressure - Good written and verbal English - Adaptable to changes in working practices - Smart appearance, creating a good impression to others - Ability to work accurately on all tasks - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Remain professional at all times - Motivated and enthusiastic - An understanding and the ability to undertake the duties outlines in the job description ## Documents - [senior ato jd & ps (pdf, 760.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10313302) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.