Role Summary
To provide a Medicines Management service to wards across the Acute Trust. To provide rostered ACT cover for the dispensary.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated technicians to join our Medicines Management team. This role is suitable not only for technicians that already hold a Medicines Management Accreditation but also as a Band 4 to 5 progressive role for newly qualified technicians
The successful candidate will provide a medicines management service across the acute trust including one stop dispensing, assessment of patient’s own drugs, medicines reconciliation and discharge facilitation and be part of the technician checking rota as appropriate.
Our team of hardworking, focused, ambitious and friendly medicines management technicians have helped develop the service across the trust and are valued members of the clinical pharmacy and ward teams providing safe, accurate and effective patient care.
This is an excellent opportunity to work with a wide range of patients and healthcare professionals whilst developing your skills and experience in Pharmacy. Any successful newly qualified technician will be provided with structured training for a year with clear objectives that will need to be attained before progressing in to a substantive Band 5 position.
The hospital is in the historical cathedral city of Exeter that has plenty of family amenities and beautiful surrounding countryside. Exeter has excellent transport links, being situated in the middle of the South West Region with easy access to the countryside and coast of Devon and Cornwall. It is 2 hours by train to London and our international airport serves flights to various European destinations.
Please note that in order to deliver a high standard of care to patients the Pharmacy service operates 7 days a week and staff are therefore required to work some weekends as part of their contracted hours
You must be a registered pharmacy technician and ideally hold a nationally recognised Medicines Management/Medicines Optimisation accreditation or be working towards the accreditation.
Further details can be found in the job description.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Interview Date: Thursday 16th February 2023
For further information please contact Lisa Tucker, Lead Medicines Management Technician, on lisatucker@nhs.net or 01392 402448.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
