Medicines Management Assistant - Intermediate Care

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Intermediate Care Pharmacy Team in Oldham.

You will be based at Butler Green Enhanced Intermediate Care Unit, working within our team of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists to support the provision of a Unit-based medicines management service to patients within the Trust. There may be a requirement to support the pharmacy service delivered to Medlock Court, Lees (OL4 3LD) and this can be discussed at interview.

Members of the pharmacy community team across the four care organisations comprising the NCA meet on a regular monthly basis and are working to deliver joint objectives across all IMC services. The post holder will be part of this team and also the wider NCA Pharmacy Team.

You will require an NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services, or equivalent community dispensing qualification.

Please note: Training will be provided for NVQ level 2 if not already obtained as this is an essential qualification for the post.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be reliable, adaptable to change and have excellent people skills to be able to communicate with a large range of healthcare professionals, patients and their relatives.

The successful applicant will:

• Support the pharmacy team in medicines management around storage, ordering and supplying of medicines on the Unit.
• Support Unit staff in storing medicines appropriately on the Units as per CQC requirements.
• To put medicines away on the Unit in the clinics and to transfer medicines between areas.
• To dispense medication for inpatients.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/