Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers a vacancy for a Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant in our Pharmacy Department. If you hold a Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff you will commence on the Band 3 pay scale.

If you do not possess the Level 2 Certificate, you will receive on-the-job training with our team and be supported to complete the Level 2 qualification.

Qualifications

• Check suitability of patient’s own medicines for use in hospital.
• Assist with dispensing and ward-based pharmacy tasks.
• Maintain safe storage of medicines and stock control.

Responsibilities

• Check ward medicine stock and expiry dates.
• Order and dispense medicines for in-patient stays.
• Provide information to patients and nursing staff about medicines.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge and a new career opportunity? Want to work in the NHS? Would like a job working with patients with a difference? If so, this could be the role for you!

The Pharmacy Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant.

If you posses a level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff you will commence on a Band 3 pay scale

If you do not posses a level 2 Certificate, successful applicants will receive on the job training with our team and be supported to complete a Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff qualification. After achieving your qualification and training, you will be guaranteed to progress to the Band 3 pay scale.

Our Medicines Management Assistants are important team members, supporting Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians to provide our dispensary and ward-based pharmacy services and help to make sure our patients don’t miss any of their medicines. You also have an important role in maintaining safe storage of medicines in the department and on the ward.

What will you do as a Medicines Management Assistant?

• Check the suitability of patient’s own medicines for use whilst in hospital
• Order medicines for patients to use during their stay in hospital
• Dispense medicines
• Transferring medicines from pharmacy and ward to ward
• Work with discharge facilitators and nursing teams to identify patients going home, speak to patients about supply at home/place of residence, order and dispense medication needed to take home.
• Housekeeping – daily fridge and room temperature checks, putting away of medicines into patient lockers and correct storage cupboards.
• Reduce missed doses after medicines rounds by identifying medicines available on the ward to nursing staff or ordering and dispensing medicines where not available
• Check ward medicine stock, re-order and replace. Rotate and check expiry dates
• Recycle and return of unused medicines to ward or pharmacy stock.
• Provide information to patients and nursing staff about medicines and pharmacy services

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sharon Lafferty Job title: Medicines Management Technician Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01772 522220

Andrea Ashton- Lead Pharmacy Technician

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01772 522220