Medicines Management Assistant Officer - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
2 weeks ago
Description
An exciting new opportunity has arisen following investment by the Trust into Pharmacy Cancer ServicesWe are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Cancer Pharmacy Team to support and assist the supply of medication to this speciality
Main duties of the job
The Pharmacy Senior Assistant Technical Officer will be working at ward level carrying out medicines management duties such as assessing patients own medication for use, transferring medicines between wards when patients relocate, facilitating patient discharge and ordering patient specific medicines in order to reduce missed doses.
You will be supporting both the in-patient and out-patient wards
You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be well organised, have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team, be able to adapt to changing demands, be able to work accurately and under pressure and be committed to providing a high quality patient focused service.
- To support the pharmacy ward teams with the principles and implementation of medicines optimisation
- Aim to understand the patients experience
- Evidence based choice of medicines
- Ensure medicines use is as safe as possible
- Make medicines optimisation part of routine practice
- To deliver a service which is patient centred
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country.
Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.
In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver.
Please refer to Job Description & Person Specification
For further information on the post please contact Marie Carter
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