Medicines Management Technician

We are looking for an enthusiastic technician to join our Medicines Management team; this is a progressive role suitable for newly qualified technicians, technicians that will be qualifying in the summer as well as technicians that already hold a Medicines Management Accreditation. The successful candidate will provide a medicines management service across the acute trust including one stop dispensing, assessment of patient's own drugs and medicines reconciliation and be part of the technician checking rota as appropriate. Our team of hardworking, focused, ambitious and friendly medicines management technicians have helped develop the service across the trust and are valued members of the clinical pharmacy and ward teams. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a wide range of patients and healthcare professionals whilst developing your skills and experience in Pharmacy. Any successful newly qualified technician will be provided with structured training for a year with clear objectives that will need to be attained before progressing in to a substantive Band 5 position. The Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) provides acute and community services across Exeter and East Devon serving a population of more than 450,000 people. In our latest CQC full inspection of our services the RD&E received an overall rating of good. We were rated as outstanding for our emergency and critical care services and for our caring trust wide. The hospital is in the historical cathedral city of Exeter that has plenty of family amenities and beautiful surrounding countryside. Exeter has excellent transport links, being situated in the middle of the South West Region with easy access to the countryside and coast of Devon and Cornwall. It is 2 hours by train to London and our international airport serves flights to various European destinations. You must be a registered pharmacy technician or due to register in the summer, and ideally hold a nationally recognised Medicines Management/Medicines Optimisation accreditation although training will be provided if necessary. For further information please contact Lisa Tucker, Lead Medicines Management Technician on 01392 411611 bleep 432 Please note that you will be notified via email regarding the result of your application. Interviews will take place on 2nd July 2020 Our vision is to provide safe, high quality seamless services delivered with courtesy and respect. To achieve our vision we expect all our staff to uphold our Trust values. Our Trust values are: Honesty, Openness & Integrity Fairness Inclusion & Collaboration Respect & Dignity ***Preference will be given to staff with 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.*** DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POST WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE VACANCY BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. Employment Type: FULL_TIME