Main area Medicine Optimisation Pharmacy Care Home Team Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 28 hours per week (Working days/pattern is negotiable, but must meet the needs of the team and to include Wednesdays and Fridays.) Job ref 382-FICC117-24
Employer Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site NHS Blackpool Football Stadium Town Blackpool Salary £28,407 - £34,581 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/05/2024 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 5
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of the established Fylde Coast Pharmacy Care Homes Team. This a small, friendly, and highly specialised pharmacy team with vast knowledge on medicine use in care homes. Prior experience within this sector of pharmacy is not essential, as you will be provided with close peer support and professional development to help you succeed in this varied and challenging role. We adopt a flexible approach to working patterns, offering a mix of remote, office, care home, and practice-based working to empower team members to optimise their performance and delivery.
As a core member of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Multi-Disciplinary team, you will work collaboratively with both the Fylde Coast Care Homes Team (CHT), ICB, GP practices, PCN teams, Care Home staff, CQC, Local Authorities and many other stakeholders.
Our team's aim is to ensure all residents living in a care home have their pharmaceutical care appropriately assessed supporting them to achieve the best outcomes from their mediations. As part of this assessment, we review medications with individual residents/carers and provide guidance on medicines use, supply and management of medicines as well as focusing on quality improvement within the care homes.
Applicants must have NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or an equivalent Pharmacy Technician qualification, registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and a Technician Accuracy Checking qualification.
Main duties of the job
* Responding to telephone and email requests from various stakeholders.
* Providing advice and guidance on medicine administration and medicine related queries to various stakeholders
* Medication quality audits to promote safer medicine administration within Fylde Coast Care Homes.
* Producing well written supportive feedback reports for Care Homes
* To reduce medication related risk factors and avoidable hospital admissions.
* To conduct waste management audits within care homes and make suggestions of cost savings when appropriate in line with best value for the NHS.
* To provide education and expert pharmaceutical technical advice/support on medicine administration and optimisation to Care Home Staff.
* To provide support with Proxy access ordering.
* To develop effective networking and working relations with individual Care Homes, community pharmacies, PCN’s and GP practices as part of the MDT.
* To promote the safe, effective, and high-quality, cost-effective use of medicines.
* To undertake risk management and ensure compliance with relevant medicines legislation (CQC and NICE Guidelines).
* To review and reconcile changes from secondary care or other organisations in partnership with the practices.
* To support Fylde Coast Pharmacy in care homes team core workplan including identified project work.
* To work and follow the Standard Operating Procedures set out by the team.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents –it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Some of your main responsibilities within this role will include responding to telephone and email requests from stakeholders, providing advice and guidance. To facilitate clinically effective, cost-effective, safe, and appropriate prescribing and medicines optimisation, relating to GP practices’ patients who reside in care homes. To support quality medication administration visits to care homes to educate and improve standards. To support the ICB workplan in line with national aims. Please ensure that you have read the more detailed attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information before submitting your application.
The post holder will directly communicate with and support Fylde Coast GP practices with care home residents, PCN’s and the care home staff in the delivery of these objectives.
Please note that it is essential that the post holder has a valid driving licence or access to transportation, this role will involve travelling for example to Care Homes.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services with underpinning knowledge provided by BTEC Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences. OR Other recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification meeting requirements for registration with GPhC
* Registration with GPhC & evidence of CPD
* Technician Accuracy Checking qualification equivalent to the National Framewor
Experience
* Accuracy Checking experience & competency
* Experience in producing written reports
* Experience in interpreting information to make decisions and act accordingly
* Primary and or Secondary care experience
* Committed to personal and professional development
* Knowledge of Care Homes systems
* Commitment to provide a quality and supporting service to our stakeholders.
* Approachable, flexible, and supportive
* Willingness to accept responsibility
* Ability to prioritise service demands and plan workload of self to meet deadlines
* Working collaboratively as part of a team, and at times experience of working independently
* Experience/Use EMIS Clinical System
* Experience of dealing with Care Homes and medication systems including Paper and electronic MAR charts
* Understanding of NICE Care home guideline
* Understanding EHCH care home guideline
* Experience using Excel Spreadsheets
* Ability to develop and implement/work to an SOP’s
Skills
* Excellent writing skills are highly essential for this role to produce written feedback reports.
* Excellent interpretation/analysis skills
* Good planning and organisational skills
* Good Time management
* Good problem-solving skills
* IT Skills
* Ability to work accurately and under pressure
* Ability to work unsupervised at times and manage own workload.
Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £22.00, Standard DBS check £22.00 and Enhanced DBS check £42.00.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £13. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessedhere .
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Julie Wynn Job title Fylde Coast Senior Care Home Pharmacy Technician Email address j.wynn@nhs.net Telephone number 07385 349956 Additional information
Please do not hesitate to contact Julie Wynn for further details, or with any questions regarding this role you may have.
We can also arrange an informal visit/shadow session.
Please contact her during her normal working hours Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm.
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