An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a ward-based Pharmacy Medicines Management Technician (MMT) working within Sherwood Forest Hospitals based at our Newark Hospital Site.

Within Pharmacy at Sherwood Forest Hospitals we can offer successful candidates:

• Robust training plan during induction with full support from the department's education and training team.
• Career progression opportunities including leadership development, opportunity to sign up for Trust training courses relevant to job role, coaching and mentoring skills, quality improvement.
• Enhanced patient counselling training including anticoagulant counselling.
• Exposure to helping Senior Technicians with the recruitment process.
• Access to department and Trust wellbeing champions and resources.
• Opportunity to attend annual Pharmacy Congress.
• Attendance at departments monthly medicines management technician forum, encouraging sharing of learning and ideas.

Youmust:

• Be a Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC or completing a relevant course with a view to being on the GPhC register by May 2025.
• Hold BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences (or equivalent) or working toward this qualification.
• Have experience working as a qualified Pharmacy Technician or supervised experience working as a Pre registration Pharmacy Technician.

Main duties of the job

Our ward-based clinical services are extremely well developed, and we expect our MMTs to assist our clinical pharmacists in ensuring the optimal use of medicines for our patients.

Ward-based MMT duties include:

• Assessing patient's own medicines.
• Electronic ordering of medicines.
• Confirming medication histories with patients.
• Counselling patients about new medicines.
• Liaising with clinical pharmacists, multidisciplinary team (MDT) members, and primary care colleagues.
• Assisting ward staff in the safe use of medicines.
• Ward controlled drug checks and returns.

There will also be an opportunity to cover dispensary-based tasks which will include, labelling and dispensing prescriptions including controlled drugs, final accuracy checking of dispensed medicines, and counselling out-patients on the use of their medicines.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more details, please read the attached job description and person specification documents

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• GCSE Grade C or equivalent in English, Maths and Science
• Clinical Qualification in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Contractual

Essential

• Flexibility in working hours
• Ability to work weekends/bank holidays/late nights

Desirable

• Car owner with current driving licence

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge within a specialism
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures

Further training

Essential

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• IT/Keyboard Skills

Experience

Essential

• Significant post qualification experience working as a registered technician
• Experience as an accredited checking technician
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisational/time management/prioritisation skills

Desirable

• One stop dispensing/ward supply
• Supervisory ability
• Training ability
• Significant hospital experience as registered technician
• Good IT skills

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newark Hospital

Boundary Road

Newark on Trent

NG24 4DE

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