Pharmacy Senior Medicine Management Assistant

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Pharmacy Assistant in ward service - Senior Medicines Management Assistant to join the Pharmacy Team in the South, with a base at Kingsway, to participate in the safe, effective, and responsive pharmaceutical supply services to DHCFT.

We are currently preparing to move into our exciting new mental health facility being built on site. Once all wards are configured into the new build there will be 2 female and a mother and baby ward at Radbourne unit on UHDB site, 3 acute male, a PICU, and a female enhanced care ward on Kingsway site. We also have 3 older adult, 1 rehabilitation, and 2 forensic wards on Kingsway.

All duties will be carried out under the supervision of Registered Technicians, but you will be expected to work without close supervision following SOP's to ensure supply of medicine standards are met.

Ideally, the applicant will be able to work Thursday and Fridays, with the addition of a half day on Monday to Wednesday to fit into our staffing group and provide a balanced service Monday-Friday.

Parking is free onsite, and reimbursed when travelling to community teams. The applicant is expected to be able to independently travel between sites.

Weekend working is voluntary when the service requires, and bank holiday working is shared across the department.

Applicants need to have achieved or be working towards NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services or equivalent and have completed before the post commences.

Main duties of the job

• 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.
• Take responsibility for pharmacy audits, ensuring they're carried out 3 monthly as per pharmacy schedule.
• Create great working relationships with wards and community teams, with clear communication skills.
• Support ward/community teams with maintenance and organisation of pharmacy record keeping and resources, such as delivery notes, information booklets, pharmacy ward memos, and information posters.
• Maintain up-to-date prescriptions for in-house and external supplier Polarspeed by communicating with prescribers, and reporting overstock of depots to Polarspeed as well as in-house pharmacy.
• Answer queries on the supply and availability of medicines.
• Provide support to dispensary and distribution at Kingsway Hospital, Derby.

About us

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
• 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

Job responsibilities

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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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services
• GCSE English, Maths and Double Science C or above

Experience

• Significant experience/knowledge of working within a pharmacy
• Experience of organising the pharmacy day-to-day workload within the team
• Experience of stock top-up/audits
• Experience of using other computer applications (e.g. excel, dispensing program, Systm1)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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