Senior Medicines Management Technician- Alcohol Services

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals is in one of the UKs largest and busiest acute teaching hospital Trusts with a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise. NHS England has recently invested additional finances into the alcohol services within Nottingham and NUH and as part of this we are now looking for a Senior Medicine Management Technicians to join the team.

These post offer an outstanding opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and skills for the management of patients living within the region with alcohol dependence.

The Alcohol Care team provide assessment, brief advice and onward referral to current inpatients who are dependent on alcohol or admitted with alcohol-related complications.

You will be an integral part of the MDT helping to care for these patient working alongside other specialist pharmacists, specialist nurses and consultants in a mutually supportive & productive environment promoting optimised care for patients.

Main duties of the job

• Medication management within different areas of the trust
• Checking and assessing patients own medication at admission and discharge
• Collating information for medicines reconciliation
• Supporting patients with alcohol detox regimens
• Projects involving clinical audits and cost savings
• Liaising with the multi-disciplinary team to help drive up the standards of care for alcoholic patients within the region

What we look for:

• • The successful candidate
    • Will have excellent communication and listening skills,who are able to use their initiative and manage their own time effectively.
    • Will be approachable, hardworking, have good attention to detail, be self-motivated and have a patient-centered attitude.
    • Must have the ability to work independently and as part of the multidisciplinary team and to strive for continued improvement.
  • The ideal candidate will be a qualified and experienced medicines management technician

About us

The Alcohol Care Team

NUH has been identified as an early implementer site as part of NHS Englands national Alcohol Care Team programme. Therefore, a dedicated Alcohol Care team is being established; the ACT is a multidisciplinary team of alcohol specialist clinicians who provide specialist support to alcohol-dependent patients. They aim to:

• reduce avoidable alcohol-related hospital admissions by reducing severe health risk among dependent drinkers
• reduce the length of stay for inpatients by improving the management of withdrawal
• provide appropriate, timely, meaningful education and support for those attending or being admitted with alcohol-related problems
• Facilitate integrated alcohol care between secondary, primary and community care providers
• provide psychosocial interventions to support dependent drinkers to sustain abstinence
• improve compliance with the trusts alcohol withdrawal guidelines
• educate staff on alcohol use disorder and its management