Outside IR35 contract jobs

Description

Responsibilities:

- Assist the Pharmacy Team in the development and delivery of a medicines management service to HMP Bedford using the in-house electronic prescribing system.
- Deliver a safe and effective medicines management process.
- Act as an Accredited Checking Technician and Medicine Management Technician, when required.
- Work within the operational pharmacy team and represent pharmacy when requested/required.
- Assist in the delivery of a high-quality dispensing service to HMP Bedford, ensuring medicines are dispensed to agreed standards, calculating doses and quantities for supply. Including the supply of medicines in Monitored Dosage Systems.
- Ensure that pharmacy technical operations (ordering, handling, storage and disposal of medicines) are undertaken in a safe, secure and efficient manner that complies with medicines legislation and good practice.
- Liaise with other members of the healthcare team (including doctors, consultants and nurses), providing medicines related guidance to reduce medicines errors.
- Provide medication on an individual patient basis, effectively delivering complex information and advice to prescribers, patients and carers where necessary.
- Support healthcare staff to ensure prescribing and administration of medicines takes place in accordance with local policy.
- Ensure patient related records are kept up to date.

Commitment:

CNWL are committed to a sustainable future and improving the social and environmental well-being of our care community. We are dedicated to environmental improvements that embrace a sustainable future requiring a shared understanding of our ambitions.

Vaccination Encouragement:

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, patients, and service users when working in our healthcare settings.

Audits:

- Undertake audits of medicines use and management processes regularly; provide feedback to the Specialist Pharmacist for Prison Health as required.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary audits within defined clinical areas; make recommendations based on audit findings for submission to the Clinical Governance & Audit Group.

Service Development:

Participate in service development initiatives aimed at maintaining or improving quality care provided to patients.

Policy Input:

Provide input into policy procedures affecting pharmaceutical use at HMP Bedford and other CNWL Foundation Trust sites.