Medication Management Technician

Harbour Healthcare Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run healthcare business in Manchester is seeking a Medication Management Technician to join its quality team. The role involves completing audits, collaborating with care homes, and ensuring compliance with medicines management policies. Ideal candidates will have a passion for improving medication safety and supporting high standards of care. This position offers a competitive salary package, including a car allowance and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Discounts

Flexible earned wage access

Free counselling

Recognition awards

Career progression opportunities

Pension schemes

Retail discounts

Health and wellbeing programs

Seasonal events

Referral schemes

On-site parking

Responsibilities

• Completing medication management audits to identify issues.
• Collaborating with care homes to develop solutions for medicines management.
• Reviewing medication management in the home to ensure compliance.
• Liaising with health professionals on medicines management issues.
• Ensuring administration and disposal of medicines follow policies.
• Developing strategies to minimize medicines wastage.

Job description

Medication Management Technician

Harbour Healthcare

National Role.
Own transport essential.

£40,000 plus £5,000 car allowance (£45,000 package)

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of Harbour Healthcare’s quality team and the wider system care home quality support team, under the supervision and direction of the Director of Care Quality, driving evidence-based and safe medication usage across the group.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Completing medication management audits within Harbour Healthcare to identify issues and provide assurance of effective systems.
2. Collaborating with care homes and system partners to develop and propose solutions for medicines management concerns.
3. Reviewing all aspects of medication management in the home, including ordering, storage, administration, recording, and disposal, ensuring compliance with standards.
4. Liaising with secondary care health professionals on medicines management issues.
5. Working with primary care professionals to resolve medication management issues when needed.
6. Ensuring medicines administration and disposal follow legislation and safety policies.
7. Developing strategies to minimize medicines wastage in care homes.
8. Contributing to guideline and policy development for care homes.
9. Maintaining records supporting Medicines Management Services/ICB reporting systems.
10. Understanding NHS-wide issues impacting medicines management.
11. Providing education sessions for care home staff, including induction programs.
12. Identifying personal and professional development needs.
13. Providing reports to the board and care home managers as required.

Benefits of working for Harbour include discounts, flexible earned wage access, free counselling, recognition awards, career progression opportunities, pension schemes, retail discounts, health and wellbeing programs, seasonal events, referral schemes, and on-site parking.

Who are Harbour Healthcare?

We are a family-run business with 42 care homes across the UK, committed to diversity, inclusion, and high standards of care. We support staff development with training, qualifications, and promotion opportunities. We have received multiple awards, including Top 20 Awards from carehome.co.uk and Disability Confident status.

Please note all positions require an Enhanced DBS check for children and adults.

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