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Senior Pharmacy Medicines Management Assistant | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 09 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,071 - £25,674 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2024 |
| Location: | Walsall, WS2 9PS |
| Company: | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6629956/407-WCCSS-6407071-A |
Summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust due to the expansion in urgent & emergency care services at the Trust as a senior pharmacy assistant . As a result of a widening catchment area of patients attending Walsall Manor Emergency Department in recent years and following the opening of Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking staff to continue to support the Trust’s journey to be a leading provider of care for our community. The investment is part of a wider suite of investments across our Trust in recent years, including:
• The introduction of a new £40 million Urgent & Emergency Care Centre;
• A £10 million capital development to include extension to the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, Hot Imaging Suite, Same Day Emergency Care Unit and Staff Support Facilities;
• A £5.5 million reconfiguration of Operating Theatres;
• £7.2 million/year investment to expand our workforce across the Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care, Acute Medicine, and Emergency Surgery including roles for Doctors, Nursing and Advanced Practice.
The post holder will work under the supervision of a Medicines Management Technicians and Pharmacists. Your main duties will be working on wards carrying out near bedside dispensing , patient interview and counselling for discharge. In addition the ward based teams are heavily involved in the governance of medicines through out regular cycle of audits.
This is an exciting time to join our friendly Pharmacy Team at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. With the current and future landscape for pharmacy professionals we have aligned our clinical pharmacy strategy to develop a pharmacy team that can function and excel in balancing patient care and service demand with their own professional development.
We are very supportive of pharmacy professionals putting forward their own ideas for service improvements and are committed to developing a strong Quality Improvement ethos.
WALSALL HEALTHCARE TRUST IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER AND ACTIVELY DISCOURAGES SMOKING AT WORK.
We pride ourselves on our trust values which are:
RESPECT-COMPASSION-TEAMWORK-PROFESSIONALISM
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general services under one roof. The Trust has a state-of-the-art Critical Care unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, Integrated Assessment Unit facilities and a brand new Accident and Emergency Department which was opened in 2023.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under represented at senior level. We value diversity within out Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.
You must have good organisational, communication and interpersonal skills and be able to show you are self motivated and flexible in your approach to your work to meet the requirements for our developing service.
You are expected to work within key performance indicators as part of the service provision and show that you can work on your own initiative with Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, Nursing staff, Medical staff and other healthcare professionals in line with the Trust values.
To support both our ward based services and dispensary we use automation through our ROWA robot and automated storage cabinets at ward level. The Pharmacy utilises aspects of our EMIS/Ascribe system to automate ordering and checking wherever possible.
To support your development, local training will be provided on medicines management to the successful candidates and your development needs will be identified through an annual individual performance development review.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Sep 2024