An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Critical Care Unit ( CCU) at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to support the safe medicines management within the department.
The Royal Marsden Hospital is a specialist cancer hospital and together with its principal academic partner, the Institute of Cancer Research they are ranked in the top five cancer centres in the world for the impact of their research. It is a centre of excellence with an international reputation for ground-breaking research and pioneering the very latest in cancer treatments and technologies, as well as specialising in cancer diagnosis and education.
The medicines management assistant will work in a supporting role to both CCU and Pharmacy, ensuring safe and secure medication and fluids storage including managing the automated medicines cabinet within the Critical Care Unit (CCU), and High Dependency Unit (HDU) whilst ensuring that ward stock is available in a timely manner.
The post holder will also have the opportunity to participate in various pharmacy clinical service duties, whilst under the supervision of the Lead CCU Pharmacist and Lead Pharmacy Technician .
To gain experience and understanding of the procedures for stock ordering, rotation, distribution and stock control.
To ensure own actions reduce risks to health and safety and to promote a health and safety culture within the workplace.
To gain an understanding of the policy around safe and secure storage of medicines.
To communicate effectively with all staff (Critical Care, and Pharmacy) and patients/relatives you come in contact with.
To demonstrate an understanding of infection control issues by attending mandatory training; understand infection control policy and procedure, accept responsibility for own infection control practice and be willing to challenge others’ practice.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
To become familiar with the CCU and HDU digital system for the automated drug cupboard
To receive and refill the automated cupboards when stock is delivered from Pharmacy
To liaise with pharmacy stores and pharmacy technicians in highlighting the need for ordering further pharmacy stock for CCU or HDU
To carry out regular stock checks of fluids, controlled drugs and other medication to ensure stock levels are correct
To participate in controlled drug audits and other audit work
To ensure appropriate stock rotation within the fluid stores with regular expiry date checks
