Medicine Management Pharmacy Assistant

2 weeks ago

Oldham, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

Job overview

Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant - Accident & Emergency

Band 3

The Royal Oldham Hospital

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic team member. Working at The Royal Oldham Hospital based in our busy Inpatient Pharmacy Department and Accident & Emergency Department.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be reliable, adaptable to change, capable of working in a busy environment and have excellent people skills to be able to communicate with a large range of healthcare professionals, patients and their relatives.

The successful applicant will be responsible for offering a medicines management support service to the pharmacy and ward teams. This involves speaking to patients and relatives about their medicines, helping to avoid missed doses, transferring medicines to other wards and to deliver a strong pharmacy presence in a demanding environment. The post holder will be a vital link between the multidisciplinary team at ward level and the Pharmacy service.

You must be able to prioritise your workload, use initiative, work under pressure, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service.

This post involves working weekends.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to **make a difference** and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - **care**, **appreciate** and **inspire** - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPerson specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services; or 4 GCSE’s grade C or above, 2 of which must include English and Maths (training for NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services, BTEC syllabus is provided if qualification not achieved at appointment)

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
- Able to work quickly and accurately under pressure
- Ability to work under their own initiative
- Ability to negotiate
- Ability to problem solve
- Able to receive complex and/or sensitive information and act accordingly
- Good communication (written and verbal skills)
- Basic IT skills
- Good organisational skills

Desirable criteria
- Self-reliant

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria
- Experience of working within a team
- Awareness of the range of duties involved in the post

Desirable criteria
- A knowledge of stock control systems
- Knowledge of Pharmacy services
- Previous experience in hospital or community pharmacy

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.**

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