Band 3 Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Assistant - Salisbury

at  Avon Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

To support Medicines Optimisation services to allocated wards and community teams To ensure that standard operating procedures (SOPs) are adhered to Liaising with patients establishing availability of medicines supplies and assessing whether patients have further supply of their prescribed medicines at home Liaison with ward multidisciplinary teams including discharge facilitators to establish prioritisation of workload in relation to discharge planning and preparation for medicines for discharge Gaining consent from patients to access their Summary Care Record (SCR) and PharmOutcomes Labelling and dispensing prescriptions at ward level to facilitate a smooth discharge service. Maintaining equipment used in these processes. Ordering medicines in a timely manner, to avoid missed doses Assessing patients own drugs (PODs) Support routine audits at ward level Assisting the medicines optimisation technicians and clinical pharmacists with any other duties on the wards as necessary To support training of new staff Participate in the ward top-up service, ensuring that the wards have adequate stock. With due respect to storage requirements and stock rotation, putting goods away.
Carrying out expiry date and stock level checks. Ensuring sufficient emergency medicines and oxygen, as well as assurances of their expiry dates Undertake ward drug stock reviews to ensure adequate and appropriate stocks are held on wards. Disposal of returned pharmaceutical items from wards/teams Carrying out medicines optimisation activities at ward level in order to reduce medication wastage and save money Liaise with local pharmacies to ensure that continuing supply of medicines are provided at discharge Maintain safe systems of work at all times, being responsible for the quality and accuracy of all work undertaken Assisting in quality assurance procedures such as the monitoring of all incidents and critical errors Understand the procedures required when you encounter potentially hazardous products such as cytotoxic and cytostatic medication Participate in the weekend and bank holiday services according to departmental rotas Ensure all mandatory training is kept up to date Facilitating returns to dispensary from wards and teams Ensure patients own medicines transfer between wards to reduce wastage/missed doses Liaise with pharmacy stores to ensure adequate stock supplies Communicate effectively with the healthcare team and pharmacy services The postholder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for the post. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibilities entailed.
Such variations are a common occurrence and would not of themselves justify the re-evaluation of a post. In cases, however, where a permanent andsubstantial change in the duties and responsibilities of a post occurs, consistent with a higher level of responsibility, then the post would be eligible for re-evaluatio

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