Senior Medicine Management Technician- Family Health

Job summary
We are looking for a registered pharmacy technician with a recognised checking accuracy qualification to join our team of Medicines Management Technicians and Pharmacists working in the friendly Family Health Directorate at NUH, which includes Nottingham Children's Hospital.

You will work with our clinical pharmacists and other members of the multidisciplinary team to optimise the use of medicines with the Family Health Care Group, and Nottingham Children's Hospital in particular. You will make areal difference to patient safety, patient experience and satisfaction and operational flow through the Trust.

This is a 12-month secondment post, which we will use to showcase the value of an additional MMT with the Children's Hospital, with the hope that we can create a substantive post in future. It is a great opportunity for an MMT working in another area to gain experience of working in paediatric practice.

You will be fully supported by our team to achieve your full potential as a key member of the team of people looking after our patients.

As part of this role, you will be required to work mainly at the Queen's Medical Centre campus.

Main duties of the job
To improve and support the quality of patient care on admission and at discharge within the Family Health Directorate at NUH, which includes Nottingham Children's Hospital, through the provision of a professional and effective medicines management service.

This will include the assessment, and where suitable, re-use of patient's own medications, accurate and meticulous drug histories, thorough patient counselling, timely preparation of discharge prescriptions, one-stop dispensing and authorised self-checking, as well as supporting the ward teams with storage and security issues.

The role involves supporting the dispensary when required and performing weekend duties. The shifted and bank holiday duties are as follows:

• To participate in departmental weekends, bank holidays and late duty working as required. At the time of advertising, the weekend rota encompasses 2 half-day shifts every 4/5 weeks at the City campus or 1 full day shift every 4 weeks at the QMC campus.
• In addition, the post holder will participate in a system of flexible shifts to facilitate NUH pharmacy opening times.

About us
What we offer:

• Supportive and friendly teams, both within the Family Health Pharmacy Team and in the wider clinical MDT.
• Structured opportunities for training and development, both personal and professional
• Utilisation of digital technology

NUH provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for more information about the job roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification
Registered
Essential

• General Pharmaceutical Council registered Pharmacy Technician
• Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (Accredited scheme or evidence of in-house validations).

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.

Qualifications
Essential

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical services

Experience
Essential

• Substantial knowledge of medicine management procedures and policies
• Can demonstrate that they can work on their own initiative but know limits of their authority and knowledge.
• Computer literate
• Ability to perform and work under pressure to deliver objectives and plans

Desirable

• 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
• Experience of management and coordination of staff within hospital pharmacy

Communication
Essential

• To communicate information relevant 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.
• To identify compliance issues and action appropriately.
• Clear communication

Planning and organisation skills
Essential

• Experience in organising workload to meet pharmacy services and patients' needs
• Self-motivated and able to motivate others
• Persuasive
• Approachable
• Use own initiative and manage own time and deadlines
• Demonstrate ability to multitask

Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential

• Proven evidence of judgement and prioritization skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management.
• Proven experience in problem solving
• Demonstrates competency under pressure
• Accurate with good attention to detail
• Good time management

Desirable

• Experience in data collection, activities and analysis
• Ability to delegate and problem solve
• Evidence of project work
• Evidence of understanding extended technical roles within hospital pharmacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).