The Medicines Optimisation team provides a wide range of specialist services to all key commissioning organisations. Our core service offer to commissioners includes:
• Specialist and secondary care medicines commissioning support
• Primary care prescribing support
• Professional support
We are looking for a talented, innovative and ambitious pharmacy technician with a variety of experience, skills and knowledge who thrives on challenge, to join our team.
The ideal candidate will:
• Have a high level of autonomy.
• Enable, promote and support the effective use of specialist medicines-related data, information, knowledge and Medicines Optimisation projects and services.
• Facilitate clinically and cost-effective, safe and appropriate prescribing.
• Deliver against agreed objectives, achieving quality outcomes.
• Be self-motivated and have a 'can do' approach.
Working within core office hours, the post will be based in any Arden & GEM base but the post holder will be expected to undertake local, regional and national travel as the role requires.
Due to the nature of our work, you will need to:
• Easily adapt to new ways of working within an evolving environment.
• Be eager to go out of your way and be committed to delivering an excellent service that has the customer at its heart.
• Be able to make things happen and quickly.
• Be solutions focused.
In return you will have an opportunity to help shape a changing and ambitious team that will support you in your development and career aspirations.
• To provide high-quality technical, medicines optimisation service, project initiative and administrative support to reflect customer requirements.
• The post holder will undertake reporting and analysis of specialist medicines related information to support the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation (MO) service specifications.
• The post holder will work as part of the MO team to facilitate clinically and cost-effective, safe and appropriate prescribing.
• The post holder is a key member of the team whose overarching goal is to enable, promote and support the effective use of specialist medicines-related data, information, knowledge and MO projects, services and initiatives.
The post holder will be required to:
• Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives to provide information and analytical advice to strategic leads.
• Work with members of the MO department to develop and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.
• Communicate information and issues, including briefings and reports to line manager, strategic lead/strategic manager as appropriate.
We are a multi award-winning organisation that has achieved the prestigious Investors in People Gold Awardfor ‘We invest in people’ and ‘We invest in wellbeing’ and are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We believe that every team member should have the opportunity to contribute and share their ideas.
We reward the hard work and commitment of our people with the following benefits:
• A competitive salary with annual pay reviews
• A generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies, including enhanced parental leave and pay
• A wide range of in-house and external learning and development opportunities
• Access to salary sacrifice and discount schemes
• Access to employee assistance and occupational health services.
• Support implementation of project, service, initiative through timely and relevant information analysis and administrative support, in accordance with the agreed priorities of the Team.
• Deliver against agreed objectives, achieving quality outcomes.
• Organise meetings or events and assist in the diary management requirements of individuals in connection with portfolio of work.
• Propose changes to own project, service, initiative work, informing policy and making recommendations for more effective delivery.
• Contribute to the review and development of existing project information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated approach to project management.
• Undertake information/project analysis as agreed with job lead.
• Contribute to effective information management within the team.
• Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects to provide information/analyst advice and support and to maintain data collection systems for its effective use by the team.
• Analyse and report on specialist medicines-related data and monitor the processing of data and information.
• Provides information to project lead on project and statistical information matters.
• Support and inform the requirement and targeting of resources, monitoring, implementing, and evaluating jobs and delivery of financial recovery/savings plans by providing high-quality information and analysis.
• Contribute to the financial delivery of the agreed portfolio ensuring it is delivered on time.
• Provide training, advice, and support on own area of responsibility, with regard to specialist medicines-related data and information.
• Support training and induction of new and existing staff.
• Supervises team on their day-to-day activities.
• Participate in the recruitment process of support staff.
• Carry out timely and accurate specialist medicines-related information analysis and reporting on agreed areas of portfolio and present findings in an agreed manner.
• Develop and maintain databases required by job.
• Maintain administrative and information resources.
• Undertake auditing of projects, services, initiatives.
• Carry out web-based and publications research.
• Actively supports and contributes to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of performance.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Sep 2024
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