Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Support
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 394-MVCS-6401773VV
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hillingdon Hospital
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £27,129 - £28,649 per annum (incl. of HCAA)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Medicines Optimisation Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
Provides technical support and extended role clinical duties on wards and in the pharmacy relating to optimal use of medicines.
The role involves supply of medicines via various routes supporting assessment of patients’ medicines needs and resolution of physical and clinical issues relating to medicines.
Post holders are required to have relevant GPhC accreditation (NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services) or equivalent experience, or if not, will be supported to achieve this accreditation on Band 2 until achieved after which Band 3 remuneration will apply.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached JD & PS for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a state-of-the-art hospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future.
We provide acute and specialist services from two sites to a local population of 350,000. Our services include; accident and emergency services, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. Hillingdon is situated in North West London close to Heathrow airport and is the second largest London borough.
Our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff, our most valuable asset. We are committed to making improvements for both our patients and our staff which we will deliver through living our CARES values: Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity and Safety.
More information about our Vision and values and how we build theses into our recruitment process can be found on our website.
We value our staff and wherever possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our staff look forward to coming to work here.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person Specification
Essential criteria
- GPhC accredited qualification in Pharmacy services
- Working towards or completed GPhC accreditation for extended medicines optimisation roles for Pharmacy Assistants
- Good command of English language
- Recent previous experience working in pharmacy within the NH
- Keyboard and basic IT skills
- Ability to sit or stand for prolonged periods
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to follow standard operating procedure tasks
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jayne Brindley
- Job title
- Senior Chief Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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