Description
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Medicines Management Assistant (MMA) team. Our MMA team is required to support the ward-based clinical pharmacy services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH).
The role involves providing a full ward-based service to ensure the safe, timely, and financially sound provision of pharmaceutical items. You will be a key member of the pharmacy clinical team, working together to provide excellent patient-focused care.
Key activities include:
- Supporting the transfer of patients' own and dispensed one-stop medication between wards
- Putting stock items away and rotating stock to minimise wastage
- Identifying slow-moving stock and transferring it to alternative locations in the trust to minimise wastage
- Identifying medicines supplied for patients that have been transferred and delivering them to the patient's current location to reduce the requirement for re-dispensing
- Checking and clearing medicine trollies at least once a week
- Reducing the number of expired medicines and liquid medicines not labelled with 'opened on'/expiry date
- Supporting ward staff in ensuring fridge and clinical room temperatures are recorded on a daily basis
The role is primarily ward-based and requires a good understanding of medicine supply systems. You will be required to participate in seven-day, late-duty, and Bank Holiday rotas.
Salary: £30,630 to £32,346 a year pro-rata pa inc HCAS (outer)