Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy TechnicianNHS
Job summary
"Please note: we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position."
Come and join our friendly and motivated team of Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technicians (MOPTs) at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
The team are patient-facing, valued members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), providing medicines optimisation services across inpatient wards and the pre-operative clinic.
The role focuses on medicines reconciliation on admission, and facilitating efficient discharge. The team work closely with pharmacists, doctors, nursing staff, and the whole MDT.
We work Monday to Friday 8.30am until 5pm, with no late night rota. We work 1 in 8 weekends with 1 Bank Holiday commitment per year. The weekend hours are: Saturday- 9.00am until 1pm and Sunday- 9.30am until 1pm, with a day off the following week.
This a progression post, band 4 - band 5. Banding in dependent on experience.
Main duties of the job
The team work across all adult in-patient wards within surgery, medicine and admissions teams, including a regular rotation through pre-op assessment, seeing and counselling patients in the clinical environment.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Job description
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk