Role Summary
Would you like work in a new Pharmacy sector within our NHS Community Services team?
Do you want to work with multi-professional colleagues to bring a joined-up Pharmacy service to patients in the Community?
We have a new position for a practical minded and clinically focused Medicines Management Technician to join our established and highly valued Urgent Community Response Team based at Crediton Hospital.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role:
This is a community-based team which provide short-term support to people in their own home who need urgent additional input to stay well at home. Patients have either been recently discharged from a hospital stay or referred to the team to make timely interventions to prevent a hospital admission altogether. The specialist medicines knowledge of a pharmacy technician will enhance the current UCR team skill set, which consists of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nurses, community matrons, support workers, therapy assistants, administrators and in some locations GPs and paramedics.
Book an informal pre-interview conversation with us if you feel this could be the career change for you.
This will be a varied and fulfilling patient facing role and will include tasks such as providing patient education, supporting adherence, and recommending clinical interventions to GP and PCN pharmacy colleagues to improve the care of patients. You will provide a medicines reconciliation service to new patients referred to the UCR teams and assist with the transcription of MAR charts when the team is required to administer medication to patients.
You will be part of the wider network of clinical pharmacy teams based in in the Community Services division and will be professionally supported by a community services pharmacist.
You will have excellent communication skills and enjoy solving medication related queries. You will have a strong desire to enable patients to optimise the use of medicines. You will provide safe and timely adherence advice to patients at home and ensure onward communication to relevant parties. You will be flexible, organised and able to adapt to the changing needs of patients with an ability to prioritise workload at short notice in response to the demands of the service.
You will provide and receive mutual mentoring, training and support to staff who work alongside you in the UCR teams and the wider pharmacy team. This role offers excellent opportunities for personal development for GPhC registered medicines management technicians from any sector.
We will support your career progression and personal development in all aspects of this role, including how to use the Trust electronic patient record system.
Working Pattern: 22.5 hours per week
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Pay - The salary advertised for this position reflects the Agenda for Change 2024-5 rates, inclusive of a 5.5% pay award implemented from October 2024. If you join before this date, the pay award will be backdated to April 2024 or your start date, whichever is later. Until then, remuneration will be based on the 2023-4 pay bandings(Pay scales for 2023/24 | NHS Employers).
For further information or an informal discussion please contact: Suzy Bidwell, Community Services Pharmacy Manager, on 07825 904604 or suzanne.bidwell@nhs.net or Fiona Havlin, UCR Occupational Therapy Lead - CMO, on fiona.havlin@nhs.net Christine Kinch, UCR Community Matron - CMO, on Christine.kinch2@nhs.net
As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
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.
