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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.