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Chemotherapy Ward Medicines Assistant
Gradd
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Parhaol
Oriau
  • Llawnamser
  • Gweithio hyblyg
37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd
319-6403193AZ
Cyflogwr
Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr
NHS
Gwefan
North Tyneside General Hospital
Tref
North Shields
Cyflog
£22,816 - £24,336 pro rata per annum
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14/07/2024 23:59

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Ward Medicines Assistant - Chemotherapy

NHS AfC: Band 3

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022).  Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

  • Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
  • Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
  • A range of flexible working opportunities
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
  • Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
  • On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
  • Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy. 

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

 

 

Trosolwg o'r swydd

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Cancer Services Pharmacy team as a Chemotherapy Medicines Assistant. 

The Chemotherapy Medicine Assistant role was introduced 2016. Since then this new and innovative role has progressed and developed and they are recognized as a vital part of the nursing and clinical pharmacy teams. We now have established Chemotherapy Medicine Assistant roles at  North Tyneside General Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital and Hexham General Hospital.  They provide a vital link between our Pharmacy Production Unit, verification pharmacists and our clinical oncology nursing teams; providing support to ensure the safe and timely supply of chemotherapy and supportive medication to our patients. 

This post is ideal for qualified pharmacy dispensing assistants who are looking for patient facing roles where development is encouraged. 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Chemotherapy Ward Medicines Assistants provide an essential link between our pharmacy production unit, verification pharmacists and clinical oncology nursing teams. They provide support to ensure the safe and timely supply of chemotherapy and supportive medication to our patients, utilising chemotherapy scheduling and knowledge and skills to allow patients to get the most benefit from their treatment . 

Successful candidates will undertake activities at ward level but also within the pharmacy department contributing to the efficient and effective delivery of medicines to patients e.g. medicines supply. You will also utilise our clinical systems e.g. ChemoCare and clinical noting to assist nursing staff and patients. 

Our Pharmacy team supports three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We are one of the best performing NHS organisations in England. Our organisation supports its staff to develop and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients. We are passionate about staff development and encourage staff to innovate and work to the top of their licence within our supportive learning environment.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

To contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive and modern ward pharmacy service. Undertaking activities predominantly at ward level but also within the pharmacy department which contribute to the efficient and effective delivery of medicines to patients e.g. medicines supply, drug administration, and dispensing medication.

Manyleb y person

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Good standard of literacy and numeracy equivalent to GCSE grade C or above in English Language and Mathematics.
  • Minimum of NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services, or equivalent, supported by a base level of theoretical knowledge and appropriate underpinning knowledge training e.g. that provided by NPA, Buttercups or other accredited in-house programmes or a recognised pharmacy dispensing qualification (Boots, NPA) and relevant training /experience

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Experience in a similar role
  • Experience of computer stock control systems

Other

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

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Jennifer Allen
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Lead Clinical Pharmacist
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