Pharmacy Medicines Management Assistant
Job overview
Are you self-motivated, enthusiastic, and ambitious with excellent interpersonal skills, with a focus on staff development and organisational change?
We are looking to recruit a forward thinking, dedicated and enthusiastic individual to support the development of the ward based and dispensary service at Oxford Road Campus.
The role will involve developing a medicines management service to provide high quality, efficient person centered care and drive improvements within Medicines Optimisation. It will also involve working collaboratively in developing key working relationships within a diverse team.
An excellent communicator.
You will be committed to reviewing systems of work, with excellent problem-solving skills, identifying risks, and developing Standard Operating Procedures to ensure that the service is safe and efficient.
If you think you have what it takes please give us a call for an informal chat, we can facilitate departmental walk rounds and can give further information about this exciting role…….so why wait, get in touch today!
Main duties of the job
To provide a safe and effective pharmacy service, carrying out a range of pharmaceutical technical duties that enable the pharmacy team to deliver a high level of pharmaceutical care to patients.
Duties include dispensing medicines in the main dispensary and in the satellite, maintaining individual patients medicines lockers on the wards, dispensing controlled drugs, returning medicines to pharmacy, refilling resus boxes, completing safe and secure medicines audits, general housekeeping.You will be support by a team of Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists.
You must hold an NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or GPhC approved equivalent qualification to be shortlisted for an interview.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Services or equivalent qualification or course
- GCSE’S or equivalent (C or above) in Maths and English or equivalent experience
- GCSE Science (dual award) or equivalent grade C or above
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Standard computer software e.g. word, excel
- An understanding of the principles of medicines storage and security
- Knowledge of Pharmacy in a secondary care environment
- Experience of using an automated dispensing process
Training and Experience
Essential criteria- Significant experience of working in a pharmacy environment, including: dispensing of all prescription types, receiving medication, maintaining medicines storage locations and stock control experience
- Experience of dealing with members of the public, healthcare professionals, interaction with patients and carers
- Knowledge of actions and uses of medicines