Medicines Management Technician

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a ward based Pharmacy Medicines Management Technician (MMT) working within the four divisions (Admissions, General Medicine, Healthcare of the Older Person and Surgery) of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust across all 3 Trust sites (Kings Mill, Mansfield Community and Newark Hospitals) but primarily based at Kings Mill. Working on a rotational basis these individuals will undergo training to enable them to deliver a high standard of clinical pharmacy services to our patients.

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.

Our ethos over recent years has been to provide Pharmacy services close to patients and make the best use of the skills of our staff. As a result our MMTs spend the majority of their time working within clinical pharmacy teams at ward level.

Main duties of the job

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 on a rota basis 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.

We would love you to join us.