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).
It is an exciting time to join our team as we have recently restructured our team to help meet our ambition of providing outstanding pharmacy services. As part of this, we want to shine a spotlight on MMAs and the value they add to our team, patient care, and the organisation.
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' or 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 will require a good understanding of medicine supply systems. You will be required to participate in seven-day, late-duty, and Bank Holiday rotas.
Person Specification:
- Qualifications: NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
- Experience: Significant experience of pharmacy distribution/dispensing systems, experience of working in a hospital pharmacy, knowledge of stock rotation and expiry dates, and knowledge of different medicine formulations
- Skills: Ability to work under pressure, ability to organise own and others' workload, good customer care skills, computer literacy, IT skills, and good written communication
Benefits:
- Agenda for Change pay scheme
- Band 3 salary: £30,630 to £32,346 per year pro-rata pa inc HCAS (outer)
- Permanent, full-time contract