Job summary
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).
Job overview
To provide assistance in the provision of pharmacy and medicine management services at EMAS.
To assist the Pharmacy Technician Manager and Pharmacist in the provision and development of a Medicines Management service to the A&E Ambulance Operations Directorate.
To improve the safe and efficient supply of medicines to ambulance crews.
To communicate with other members of the Pharmacy and clinical team to facilitate a seamless service that does not impact 999 service delivery.
To assist in medication incident reporting, investigation and learning from medication incidents to promote the safe use of medication across the organisation.
Main duties of the job
To provide assistance in the provision of pharmacy and medicine management services at EMAS.
To assist the Pharmacy Technician Manager and Pharmacist in the provision and development of a Medicines Management service to the A&E Ambulance Operations Directorate.
To improve the safe and efficient supply of medicines to ambulance crews.
To communicate with other members of the Pharmacy and clinical team to facilitate a seamless service that does not impact 999 service delivery.
To assist in medication incident reporting, investigation and learning from medication incidents to promote the safe use of medication across the organisation.
Working for our organisation
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire) we have over 70 locations 500 plus vehicles, a range of specialist medical devices and 2700 employees supported by 1500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for more information and to see job description and main responsibilities of the role
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- pharmaceutical knowledge and experience
- Experience of working as part of a team
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Richard Needham
- Job title
- Head of operational support
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01773 522650
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