Senior Medicine Management Technician- Urgent and Emergency Care

at  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals Pharmacy department has an exciting opportunity within our Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) directorate at the Queens Medical Centre for a Pharmacy Medicines management technician (MMT) to join our team.
Our UEC directorate consists of the Emergency Department, Acute Admissions Unit and AMRA, Level 1 Unit and the Same day emergency care (SDEC) unit.
Our acute medicine admissions unit is one of the largest in the country and has a large clinical pharmacy team consisting of Medical admissions specialist clinical pharmacists, MMTs and MMA’s that deliver an excellent 7-day service
Our vision is to be outstanding in health outcomes and patient & staff experience.
Providing support to the specialist clinical pharmacists and contributing to enhancing the patients’ experience through the provision of a professional and effective medicines management service in the UEC directorate
Medicines reconciliation and facilitating a smooth transfer of medication related issues across the interface at admission, discharge and transfer
Managing medications at ward level, checking and assessing patients’ own medication on admission and at discharge, collating medicine information for accurate medicine reconciliation, patient counselling, dispensing and self-checking of pre-labelled medication at discharge
Management and review of stock along with data collection and analysis ensuring that cost effectiveness, efficiency and safety is maximised at all times
Involvement in ward and department projects, clinical audits/data collection, staff management and liaising with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert
Whilst these posts are commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week) we would welcome applications from those wanting a better work life balance. If you would like to consider a post but on less than full time hours please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.
The pharmacy department operates a 7 day shifted working model which will include weekends and Bank Holidays.
The two posts will be based at the Queens Medical Centr

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