Job overview

To provide a medicines distribution service to Ambulance stations throughout the Trust, participating in the re-stocking of medicines against set parameters and the delivery and collection of medication from stations across the East of England NHS Trust sites.

Operations support provides a wide range of services to A&E Operations and is made up of:

• Medical Devices/Clinical Engineering
• Fleet/Workshops
• Make Ready Services

The core focus is to support the Operational teams to be able to provide exceptional patient care, and to reduce the frequency with which crews are required to be stepped down from a call, increasing the availability of direct care hours to patients.

Operations Support is accountable for delivering and ensuring that across the Trust - a thousand vehicles are clean, roadworthy, well stocked and the equipment is sufficient and suitable for purpose and are readily available to Operations throughout each shift.

Main duties of the job

To assist in providing technical pharmacy support to EEAST to enable the Trust to improve the quality and care of patients. To assist with the deliveries of medication to our Ambulance stations across the East of England. 

Ensure accurate stock levels and stock rotation across the Trust.

Help provide a high-quality pharmaceutical service to all users of the Trust under the direction of the Medicine Management Supervisor and the Medicines Management Lead.

To provide a medicines distribution service to Ambulance stations throughout the Trust, participating in the re-stocking of medicines against set parameters and the delivery and collection of medication from stations across the East of England NHS Trust sites.

To record, audit and report on the use and compliance of medicines from across the Trust.

Ability to report back any concerns regarding, sensitive and sometimes contentious situations where specialist advice and instructions have been delivered to a wide range of groups, requiring them to understand and adapt working practices which may affect patient care and service delivery.

The job will provide the ability to work within a large NHS Trust, collaboration across multiple directorates, project work, audit, compliance, standards of practice, regulatory body awareness and teamwork.

Working for our organisation

You'll have the opportunity to work in one of the most diverse regions in the country, with the vibrant capital city just a stone's throw away and the invigorating North Sea coast to the east.
At EEAST we bring together all our skills to provide 24 hour, 365 days a year urgent care to those in need of emergency and non-emergency medical treatment and transport in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
We are always looking to innovate our approaches and work together to offer the best possible patient care across our counties.

We aim to represent and value the diversity of our local communities through our workforce and service provision. We therefore positively encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as Black, Asian, or other ethnic groups, individuals with a Disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.

We at EEAST want to support our employees achieve a balance between work and other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, family commitments, further learning, and other interests. We therefore welcome flexible working requests