Nottingham University Hospitals Pharmacy department has an exciting opportunity within our Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) directorate at the Queens Medical Centre for a Pharmacy Medicines management technician (MMT) to join our team.

Our UEC directorate consists of the Emergency Department, Acute Admissions Unit and AMRA, Level 1 Unit and the Same day emergency care (SDEC) unit.

Our acute medicine admissions unit is one of the largest in the country and has a large clinical pharmacy team consisting of Medical admissions specialist clinical pharmacists, MMTs and MMA's that deliver an excellent 7-day service

Our vision is to beoutstanding in health outcomes and patient & staff experience.

Main duties of the job

• Providing support to the specialist clinical pharmacists and contributing to enhancing the patients' experience through the provision of a professional and effective medicines management service in the UEC directorate
• Medicines reconciliation and facilitating a smooth transfer of medication related issues across the interface at admission, discharge and transfer
• Managing medications at ward level, checking and assessing patients' own medication on admission and at discharge, collating medicine information for accurate medicine reconciliation, patient counselling, dispensing and self-checking of pre-labelled medication at discharge
• Management and review of stock along with data collection and analysis ensuring that cost effectiveness, efficiency and safety is maximised at all times
• Involvement in ward and department projects, clinical audits/data collection, staff management and liaising with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

Job description

Job responsibilities

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert

Whilst these posts are commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week) we would welcome applications from those wanting a better work life balance. If you would like to consider a postbut on less than full time hours please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.

The pharmacy department operates a 7 day shifted working model which will include weekends and Bank Holidays.

The two posts will be based at the Queens Medical Centre

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical services or equivalent
• General Pharmaceutical Council registered Pharmacy technician
• Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (Accredited scheme or evidence of in-house validations).
• Knowledge of medicines management, including relevant legislation and policies acquired through NVQ3 or BTEC equivalent level qualification plus specialist training and experience

Desirable

• Medicine Management Assessments or Validations (Accredited or proof of in-house training)
• Proven knowledge and understanding of the medicine management technician role and responsibilities within hospital pharmacy.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial knowledge of medicine management procedures and policies
• Experience in the admission/discharge processes within hospital pharmacy
• Experience of management and coordination of staff within hospital pharmacy
• Proven knowledge and experience in using computer labelling and stock control systems within hospital pharmacy oCan demonstrate that they can work on their own initiative but know limits of their authority and knowledge.

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking incident investigations

Communication and Relationship skills

Essential

• To communicate effectively, clearly and concisely complex or sensitive information relative to medicine management back to patients, staff and colleagues
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a wide range of staff and patients
• Demonstrates diplomacy in handling difficult staff situations.

Desirable

• Adaptable to change

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

• Proven evidence of judgement and prioritisation skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management.
• Accurate with good attention to detail
• Proven experience in problem solving

Desirable

• oEvidence of understanding extended technician roles within hospital pharmacy

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

• Experience in organising workload to meet pharmacy services and patients' needs
• Use own initiative and manage own time and deadlines
• Demonstrate ability to multitask

Desirable

• Leadership skills

Physical skills

Essential

• Sound Word, Excel skills and be able to retrieve information from the internet

Other requirements specific to the role (

Essential

• Flexibility will be required to participate in rostered 7 day
• Able to manage changes in working practice

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Queens Medical Centre

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

164-6317540