Role Summary
- To provide a safe and cost-effective medicines management pharmacy service to designated ward areas.
- To be a source of medicines advice to colleagues and key stakeholders with respect to medicines optimisation for care home patients to support integration across health and social care.
- Facilitate safe transfer of patients to and from care homes with respect to medications by ensuring appropriate medicines are available and optimised.
- Communicate effectively and promptly with stakeholders to ensure relevant information available to care home staff following patient discharge to care homes with respect to medicines
- To liaise with prescribers and members of the multidisciplinary team to resolve discrepancies with patient medicines to facilitate discharge.
- To support other services within the pharmacy department including dispensary and ward technician services
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 an innovative and experienced medicines management pharmacy technician to join our team and enhance our ability to provide medicines support for care homes patients.
The role is ideal for a pharmacy technician who has sound knowledge and experience of hospital pharmacy at ward level supporting medicines reconciliation, a good understanding of the discharge process and a passion to improve the quality of care for patients transferred to and from care homes.
You will be an excellent communicator interacting with healthcare professionals, patients, family members and care homes staff. The successful post holder will liaise with care homes staff prior to and following discharge to resolve any medicines management issues should they arise.
Working knowledge of the Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) to community pharmacy would be an advantage.
You should be highly self-motivated with an ability to plan and work flexibly, independently and as part of a wider team.
If you believe you have the skills and experience necessary to fulfill this role we look forward to hearing from you.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week. There is a requirement to participate in 7 day working to include late duties, bank holidays and weekend working.
Interview Date: 27th February 2023
For further information please contact: Suzy Bidwell, Clinical Pharmacy Manager (Community Services Team) on 07825 904604 or Sam Smith, Integrated Pharmacy Services Lead on 01392 402427 to arrange an informal visit to meet the team,
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.
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.
