Overview
It is vital that applicants are adaptable and prepared to work with us to help shape the best possible service. Your contribution through suggestions, working groups, involvement in projects and audits will be encouraged.
Responsibilities
* Provide a dispensing service to all patients of the Trust, including taking medication histories, counselling patients and inspection and accuracy checking of all medications belonging to and supplied to patients.
* Working on wards to complete medicines reconciliation, assessing patients' own medicines, ensuring discharges are completed in a timely manner and counselling patients on discharge.
Location
You will be based atWhiston or St Helens site which has 100 staff operating across both departments. We have established automated dispensing systems within the dispensaries at both sites.
About the Employer
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Services
Acute Care, Primary Care, Community Services, Inpatient rehabilitation, Urgent care, and Specialist Regional Services.
Awards and Achievements
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
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