[ref. m05602302] Medicines Management Technician | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for a ward based Medicines Management technician to join our established team working at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacy technician to join the dynamic and well established Medicines Management team.
The pharmacy at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has a reputation for innovation and provides a comprehensive service at ward level through the use of technology such as trust wide electronic prescribing, medicines administration and electronic ordering from wards.
You will gain a wide range of experience working within different specialities providing pharmaceutical care. The post holder will be working at ward level and duties will include medicines reconciliation, assessment of patient’s own drugs, patient counselling, transcribing of medication, liaising with ward pharmacists and nursing staff to ensure medications are prescribed accurately, participating in the admissions unit medicine round, assisting the pharmacist on ambulatory care and supervision and training of new and pre-registration staff.A full and comprehensive in-house training package will be provided to help you to develop in this role.
The successful candidate will also participate in the MMT rota, weekends and bank holidays.
Our trust values are based on being ‘PROUD’ – we want our staff to feel ‘PROUD’ to care.
The successful candidate will be working with patients and alongside other healthcare professionals.
Deliver quality care to patients at ward level as part of an efficient Medicines management system.This includes confirming patient medication histories, assessment of patient’s own medicines, preparation and administration of medicines including IVs, counselling patients about their medicines and co-ordinating the supply of discharge medication
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful.Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Roles and responsibilities- Follow relevant procedures for Medicines Management in order to deliver the service in a safe and effective manner.
- Responsible for the provision of the Medicines Management service to designated ward areas, which involves working in clinical areas unsupervised.
- Be accredited and efficiently maintain accreditation as a checking technician as part of the London Region scheme in order to participate in the dispensing and checking of inpatient, outpatient, clinical trial and ward or clinic based prescriptions.
- Obtain accurate medication histories for patients on admission by liaising with the patient and/or primary care team in order to support decisions about continued care.
- Implement and maintain the Patient’s Own Drug (POD) scheme, for the designated areas (and self-administration where introduced) according to Trust Policies. This involves checking the suitability of patient’s own drugs, i.e. correct instructions on label, expiry date, re-labelling if necessary and gaining patient consent for using their own medication.
- Assist with early/late service provision for the acute admissions unit, helping with medicine rounds including preparation and administration of intravenous medicines on wards.
- Assist pharmacists with service provision for Ambulatory care and Accident & Emergency.
- Counsel patients in order to provide effective and appropriate advice to patients on medication use in order to ensure their understanding of their medication including benefits of their medication and possible side effects. These may be patients with certain barriers, e.g. hearing
- Deal with queries and complex issues from patients and other hospital staff.
- Effectively contend with informal / verbal complaints from ward staff or patients in the first instance before appropriate referral to line manager if necessary.
- Co-ordinate the discharge medication, bringing together patients own drug’s and newly dispensed items in advance of patient discharge and support the planning of patient discharge with respect to medication, including the transcription of requests for dispensing.
- Participate in the audit of the medicines management service e.g. POD scheme, dispensing times, discharge times and intervention data.
Please refer to the job description for the full list of roles and responsibilities.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Oct 2024