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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Team at Chesterfield, visiting our newly anticipated mental health inpatient wards and Community Mental Health Teams.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Senior Medicines Management Assistant to participate in the pharmacy department’s safe, effective, and responsive pharmaceutical supply services to Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

We are currently in the process of preparing to move over to our exciting new purpose built mental health facility. Three wards will be based at Chesterfield Royal Hospital and one Older Adult Ward based at Walton Hospital.

All duties will be carried out under the supervision of Registered Medicine Management Technicians, but you will be expected to work without close supervision following Standard Operating Procedures to ensure safe supply of medicine standards are met.

Please note, this role is to commence July 2024.  Working days must include Wednesday and Friday.

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Main duties of the role

• Maintain the supply of medicines to wards and community mental health teams to ensure a high level of patient care is maintained and pharmacy standards are adhered to.
• Work with community mental health teams to ensure Polarspeed prescriptions are completed prior to their expiry date.
• Take responsibility for completion of pharmacy governance audits, ensuring they’re carried out 3 monthly as per pharmacy schedule.
• Support ward/community teams with maintenance and organisation of pharmacy record keeping and resources, such as delivery notes, information booklets, pharmacy ward memo’s and information posters.
• Answer queries on the supply and availability of medicines.
• Provide support to dispensary and distribution at Kingsway Hospital, Derby.
• Independently travel between sites. Travel costs will be reimbursed.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of making a positive difference in people's lives.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD overall, commenting on how our colleagues treated patients with compassion and kindness and felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Access to Vivup
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

Structured learning and development opportunities