Job Summary
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.
Main Duties of the Job
You will provide a comprehensive medicine management service to the community hospital wards.
* Making judgments on how to manage workload.
* Completing comprehensive medicines reconciliation on admission, including checking and documenting specified blood results and highlighting to the 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.
* Checking patient's own medication (PODs) to aid in problem-solving and to adequately manage medicines orders.
* 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.
* Ensuring compliance with prescribing guidelines and with local formularies.
* 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.
About Us
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.
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.
Job Details
Date posted: 24 February 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 846-7020014-TS
Job location: Westview Integrated Care Centre, Tenterden, TN30 6TX
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.
* Practice supervisors qualification or equivalent.
* Desirable: Regionally Accredited qualification in Medicines Management at Intermediate Level or equivalent.
Experience
* Essential: Experience and knowledge of pharmacy practice including dispensing and working in a clinical environment.
* Desirable: Practical experience of managing medicines optimisation issues.
Knowledge
* Essential: Knowledge of processes including for prescribing, ordering, supply, distribution, and storage of medicines.
* Desirable: Knowledge of audits and audit cycles.
Skills and Abilities
* Essential: Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise and balance a range of competing tasks to deliver to agreed timescales.
* Desirable: The ability to be innovative, objective as well as logical in resolving problems.
Personal Attributes
* Essential: Holds a current driving license and is able to travel between sites across Kent as required.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Westview Integrated Care Centre, Tenterden, TN30 6TX
Employer's Website: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
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