Medicines Management Nursing and Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

To work under the direction of nurses to deliver and constantly strive to improve cancer patients medicine managementservices

Support the treatment area manager and Chief Pharmacy Technician - Medicine Management and Education, Training & Development in developing and maintaining the medicines management service at local level.

Work closely with the pharmacists and support them in taking the medicines reconciliation of newly admitted patients, assessment of patients own drugs, providing original pack dispensing, provision of TTO packs, managing satellite pharmacies, counselling patients about their medicines and co-ordinating the supply of discharge medicines.

Support nursing staff to ensure delivery of actions to ensure patients are not routinely discharged without time critical medicines

The successful candidate must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and will have successfully completed a BTEC and a Level 3 NVQ in Pharmaceutical Services or the equivalent.

The successful candidate will work closely with nursing and pharmacy colleagues to ensure the provision of integrated and efficient care to hospital in-patients and day units.

Main duties of the job

To provide a patient centred approach to promoting medicines optimisation at a ward-based level. The post holder is expected to apply their knowledge and skills of clinical pharmacy to all aspects of the job role.

Support the rotation of stock to prevent out of date medication from occurring

Assists the CDU Manager and Ward Pharmacists in the implementation and monitoring of the self-administration programme for patients in designated clinical areas in line with MP15 - Self-administration Policy.

To manage the transfer or return of medicines, following patient transfer or discharge, by liaising with ward staff and/or by checking CareFlow EPR on the Trust computer systems.

To collect, collate and analyse audit data, as needed. To produce reports for all stakeholders and to present this in an understandable format. To ensure all action plans are completed and the cycle repeated to ensure effectiveness of all changes.

Support the ward with daily monitoring of fridge and room temperature checks and take the appropriate actions to ensure any adverse temperatures are rectified in a timely manner as outlined in the medicine management policy

Support the ward/unit team prevent omitted doses of critical medicine

Support ward staff with EPMA queries as required

About us

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/