Ward Medicines Assistant

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Hexham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking Ward Medicine Assistants to join their clinical teams. This role supports nurses in providing essential pharmacy services. Ideal candidates are qualified pharmacy dispensing assistants who enjoy patient interaction and development opportunities. The position is based in Hexham and other locality hospitals, focusing on high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Ideal for qualified pharmacy dispensing assistants.
• Patient-facing role where development is encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential link between clinical and dispensary-based pharmacy services.
• Undertake ward-level activities to efficiently deliver medicines to patients.
• Utilise clinical systems to assist nursing staff and patients.
• Assist in safe supply of medications and facilitate patient discharge.

Job description

Overview

Our Ward Medicine Assistants are recognised as a vital part of the nursing and clinical pharmacy teams, assisting in the safe supply of medications and facilitating the discharge of patients. The trust has invested in the roll out of these positions across multiple sites. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our clinical teams working alongside nursing and pharmacy staff to deliver a comprehensive, patient-centred and high-quality pharmacy service.

Responsibilities

• Provide an essential link between clinical and dispensary-based pharmacy services while supporting nurses to care for patients at ward level.
• Undertake ward-level activities and contribute to the efficient and effective delivery of medicines to patients (e.g., medicines supply, drug administration and dispensing medication).
• Utilise clinical systems to assist nursing staff and patients.
• Assist in safe supply of medications and facilitate patient discharge as part of the clinical pharmacy team.

Hours

Working hours at present are 8.30am to 5.00pm.

Locations and About Us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities to give people greater choice and control over their care and help them live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Qualifications

• Ideal for qualified pharmacy dispensing assistants who are looking for patient-facing roles where development is encouraged.