Medicines Management Technician

1) Medicines Management Developing the NEMS Medicines Management strategy. Ensure that individuals responsible for Medicines Management on a daily basis are working to guidelines and as per best practice. Responsible for ordering and stock management for clinical services Responsible for overseeing the implementation of new Medicines Management processes to ensure that they are safe and effective. Sharing of learning from medicines related incidents. Ensuring that learning has been disseminated to all essential colleagues. Responsible for producing the annual Medicines Management report to the NEMS Board of Directors. 2) Communication To communicate effectively in a timely manner to all appropriate personnel and leave effective handover information for other NEMS staff, where appropriate. To take responsibility for developing and maintaining consistent standards by close liaison with senior staff across all services. To review report of issues below standard (exception report) to inform directors. 3) Training Support Medicines Management training to clinical staff and help to develop training resources. Make recommendations for training for clinical colleagues based on up to date guidelines and best practice. Undertake appropriate training as required for personal professional development. 4) Controlled drugs Ensure that NEMS have safe and effective controlled drugs procedures in place. Work with the NEMS Medical/Clinical Directors to ensure that discrepancies relating to controlled drugs are investigated. 5) Quality To be responsible for all aspects of quality and safety relating to Medicines Management as requested by the NEMS Executive Team. Be responsible for the NEMS Quality Account. Support the Nurse Audit process; ensuring that you are kept up to date with changes to audit process. Review the infection prevention control audit output on a quarterly basis for each NEMS site, ensuring that any changes required are completed by appropriate NEMS colleagues. Oversee and analysis medicine management systems. Oversee quarterly planned Medicines Management security audits and random monitoring around the security of drugs keys, locked medicines cabinets, sample stock balances of certain medicines as requested by management, security of prescriptions and blank prescription audit trails. Support in Medicines Management data collection and data analysis, formulary adherence, other quality audits, antimicrobial prescribing stewardship, prescribing appropriateness and expenditure. Assist in Medicines Management incident investigations and collate incident and near-miss data. 6) Planning and Organisational Skills Responsible for planning and reviewing own workload; requires high level of self-motivation and use of initiative. To be accountable for own professional actions, guided by national, local and organisational protocols and legislation. Accountable for the observation and implementation of Health and Safety regulations pertaining to Medicines Management. Observe the principles of clinical governance including Caldicott and data protection. 7) Responsibilities for Financial and Physical Resources Make recommendations and provide advice to services to facilitate management of the drugs budget. Monitor the potential savings for each service on implementation of Medicines Management strategies. 8) Responsibilities for Information Resources To work in a professional manner transferring information in line with Caldicott policies conforming to data protection policies and legislation. Use a range of IT applications to create reports and maintain the project information system. Regular requirement to develop and create documents and reports.