Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 Per annum inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW1 0PE |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7284296/333-G-CC-1463 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Camden Rapid Access Services (RAS) is aPhysical healthadmission avoidance service.
Camden RAS covers the entire borough of Camden, this role is predominantly for Urgent Community Response however you may be asked to cross cover the Virtual ward on occasion. Our overall aim is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, as part of the NHS Long term plan. The benefits of keeping patients in their own homes are numerous and varied, from reducing Healthcare Acquired Infections, to promoting ongoing independence.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
This post will support the team by providing appropriate clinically-based pharmaceutical services to patients with long term or complex medication needs. The post holder will conduct domiciliary visits and complete technical medication reviews to support patient’s compliance problems. This will include full medicines reconciliation, counselling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of medication.
Lone Working
Please be aware, this position regularly includes working alone in patients’ homes/in the community. Please be assured we have safety systems in place and have an excellent safety record.
• Buy & Sell Annual Leave
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme: A free and confidential service to help with personal life
• Structured induction process using the New Starter Roadmap throughout the first 12 months and beyond
• A range of staff networks: The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network; Disabled Employees Network; Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network; Carers at Work Network; Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BME)
• Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits: You can save money on your weekly food shops, household bills, toiletries, and cosmetics, cinema tickets, meals out and holidays or weekend breaks.
• Salary sacrifice scheme via VIVUP platform
Our webpage offers further in depth knowledge regarding service specifics - Camden Rapid Access Service (Urgent Community Response, Virtual Ward and Discharge to Assess) :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)
• Liaise with patients, community nursing and social care teams, GP practice staff, GP’s, GP practice pharmacists, community pharmacists, care home staff, falls prevention team and secondary care discharge co-ordinators and pharmacy teams in all aspects of technical medication compliance reviews.
• Attend staff meetings/handovers to identify patients suitable for medicines optimisation technician intervention.
• Support the implementation of changes required and agreed by the GP with regard to dosage, formulation of product, supply of compliance aids.
• Record actions and recommendations in patients’ notes/clinical management plans and inform their GP.
• Provide clinical advice and training to patients/clients and carers/staff in accordance with evidence-based guidance e.g. NSF’s, NICE Guidance or Local guidelines.
• Ensure effective communication to patients about changes in how their medicines management needs can be best met and document it in the care plan.
• Prepare reports from the technical review and feedback to the relevant members of the healthcare team.
This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025
Camden Rapid Access Services (RAS) is aPhysical healthadmission avoidance service.
Camden RAS covers the entire borough of Camden, this role is predominantly for Urgent Community Response however you may be asked to cross cover the Virtual ward on occasion. Our overall aim is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, as part of the NHS Long term plan. The benefits of keeping patients in their own homes are numerous and varied, from reducing Healthcare Acquired Infections, to promoting ongoing independence.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
This post will support the team by providing appropriate clinically-based pharmaceutical services to patients with long term or complex medication needs. The post holder will conduct domiciliary visits and complete technical medication reviews to support patient’s compliance problems. This will include full medicines reconciliation, counselling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of medication.
Lone Working
Please be aware, this position regularly includes working alone in patients’ homes/in the community. Please be assured we have safety systems in place and have an excellent safety record.
• Buy & Sell Annual Leave
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme: A free and confidential service to help with personal life
• Structured induction process using the New Starter Roadmap throughout the first 12 months and beyond
• A range of staff networks: The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network; Disabled Employees Network; Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network; Carers at Work Network; Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BME)
• Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits: You can save money on your weekly food shops, household bills, toiletries, and cosmetics, cinema tickets, meals out and holidays or weekend breaks.
• Salary sacrifice scheme via VIVUP platform
Our webpage offers further in depth knowledge regarding service specifics - Camden Rapid Access Service (Urgent Community Response, Virtual Ward and Discharge to Assess) :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)
• Liaise with patients, community nursing and social care teams, GP practice staff, GP’s, GP practice pharmacists, community pharmacists, care home staff, falls prevention team and secondary care discharge co-ordinators and pharmacy teams in all aspects of technical medication compliance reviews.
• Attend staff meetings/handovers to identify patients suitable for medicines optimisation technician intervention.
• Support the implementation of changes required and agreed by the GP with regard to dosage, formulation of product, supply of compliance aids.
• Record actions and recommendations in patients’ notes/clinical management plans and inform their GP.
• Provide clinical advice and training to patients/clients and carers/staff in accordance with evidence-based guidance e.g. NSF’s, NICE Guidance or Local guidelines.
• Ensure effective communication to patients about changes in how their medicines management needs can be best met and document it in the care plan.
• Prepare reports from the technical review and feedback to the relevant members of the healthcare team.
This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025
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