Employer: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kent & Canterbury Hospital
Town: Canterbury
Salary: £23,615 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/09/2024 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
We are a small team based in Kent and Canterbury Hospital where we work closely together to offer clinical support services to each hospital within the trust. Pharmacy Homecare is a service that delivers ongoing medicine supplies, and, where necessary, associated care, initiated by the hospital prescriber, direct to patient's home.
The Pharmacy Homecare team are an intermediary between the clinical team and the Homecare company and play a critical role in patients receiving their medicines. Pharmacy Homecare have to ensure the right drug, in the right form is ordered and delivered at the right time to the patient.
Within our homecare team we are looking for a new and enthusiastic member of staff to join us. As a team we are working hard to ensure we put patients at the heart of everything we do. We are on an exciting journey, ever changing, improving and gaining new knowledge and expertise to develop as the East Kent Pharmacy Homecare Team. We can offer you a rewarding, flexible and supportive role within our Pharmacy Homecare Team.
Main duties of the job
To produce consistently reliable and accurate work in a timely manner. To liaise and co-ordinate good communication between homecare companies, patients, carers, Trust pharmacy and medical staff.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Additional Information
The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer-facing roles. Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check.
We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds. Good luck with your application, we’ll contact you via email so please check your junk/spam folders.
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