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Pharmacy Senior Medicine Management Assistant
Band 3
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Team at Chesterfield, visiting our newly anticipated mental health inpatient wards and Community Mental Health Teams.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Senior Medicines Management Assistant to participate in the pharmacy department’s safe, effective, and responsive pharmaceutical supply services to Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We are currently in the process of preparing to move over to our exciting new purpose built mental health facility. Three wards will be based at Chesterfield Royal Hospital and one Older Adult Ward based at Walton Hospital.
All duties will be carried out under the supervision of Registered Medicine Management Technicians, but you will be expected to work without close supervision following Standard Operating Procedures to ensure safe supply of medicine standards are met.
Please note, this role is to commence July 2024. Working days must include Wednesday and Friday.
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Main duties of the role
- Maintain the supply of medicines to wards and community mental health teams to ensure a high level of patient care is maintained and pharmacy standards are adhered to.
- Work with community mental health teams to ensure Polarspeed prescriptions are completed prior to their expiry date.
- Take responsibility for completion of pharmacy governance audits, ensuring they’re carried out 3 monthly as per pharmacy schedule.
- Support ward/community teams with maintenance and organisation of pharmacy record keeping and resources, such as delivery notes, information booklets, pharmacy ward memo’s and information posters.
- Answer queries on the supply and availability of medicines.
- Provide support to dispensary and distribution at Kingsway Hospital, Derby.
- Independently travel between sites. Travel costs will be reimbursed.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of making a positive difference in people's lives.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD overall, commenting on how our colleagues treated patients with compassion and kindness and felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Access to Vivup
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
Structured learning and development opportunities
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Stock top up and medicine management audits
Ensure medicine cupboards and clinic areas are kept tidy.
Inpatient repeat top up as per standard operating procedure to designated wards.
Check and audit out of hours crisis cupboards.
Unpack stock medicines on receipt from pharmacy into ward and team stock cupboards ensuring standard operating procedures and trust medicine code is followed and accurate completion of all documentation for traceability.
Work closely with Chesterfield Royal Hospital in line with our Service Level Agreement to support medication supplies to wards.
You will answer queries on the supply of stock related medicines.
Sort and organise return of medicines back to pharmacy as per department procedure.
Participate in regular dispensing sessions at Kingsway Pharmacy which will include the dispensing of inpatient, leave, discharge and outpatient medicines including compliance aids and Controlled drugs,
Carry out daily and monthly CD stock audits, issue of prescriptions and housekeeping tasks. You will also work within the stores, distribution and procurement team assembling and checking stock medicines, preparing medicines for distribution, stock take, ordering and receipt of medicines when required.
Completed trust mandatory and in-house training
Refer to job description for full role requirements
You must hold a GPhC approved level 2 Pharmacy Support worker qualification and GCSEs or equivalent in English , Maths and dual award GCSE or equivalent in science.
You must have significant experience of working in a pharmacy environment and be able to mentor and train junior healthcare professionals.
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Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services
- GCSE English, Maths and Double Science C or above
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Significant experience/knowledge of working within a pharmacy
- Experience of organising the pharmacy day to day workload within the team
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of stock top up/audits
- Experience of using other computer applications (e.g. excel, dispensing program, Systm1 )
Gofynion ymgeisio
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Ellie Varley
- Teitl y swydd
- Deputy Chief Pharmacy Technician North
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07884476564
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Charlie Meeds
07880478424/01246 516502
Nicola Mann
07557135964
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- Cyfeiriad
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Recruitment Team
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
Kingsway
Derby
DE22 3LZ
- Rhif ffôn
- 07900 135638
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