The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.
Working with the wider Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), the patient-centred approach is demonstrated by all those in the Pharmacy Team from the moment the patient enters the organisation, through their Community Hospital admission to their safe discharge.
The KCHFT Pharmacy Service actively tries to ensure that medicines are optimised for individual patients, that they are empowered to manage their own medications whilst in Hospital, and educated to prevent avoidable future admissions and keep them safe in their own normal place of residence. Discharges are paramount, and collaborative working across healthcare sectors plays a key role in keeping patients safe.
You will provide a comprehensive medicine management service to the community hospital wards.
1. Making judgments on how to manage workload.
2. Completing comprehensive medicines reconciliation on admission, including checking and documenting specified blood results and highlighting to pharmacist where further review of a patient’s medication is required, and interpreting and applying information retrieved from medical and nursing notes with regards to medicines reconciliation and prescribing issues.
3. Checking patient’s own medication (PODs) to aid in problem solving and to adequately manage medicines orders.
4. Managing the supply of medicines during admission alongside the Pharmacy Support Workers to reduce the impact of missed doses of medicines on a patient's care.
5. Ensuring compliance with prescribing guidelines and with local formularies.
6. Being involved in discharge facilitation, supporting self-administration of medicines, providing patient counselling, and making appropriate referrals to support services to help ensure patients (or their carers) go home safely able to manage their medicines.
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this, we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that suits us both.
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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lisa Miles Job title: Principal Pharmacy Technician- Community Hospitals Email address: lisamiles1@nhs.net
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