Total 4 Senior Executive level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Redditch, B97 6QS

As a Senior Nurse you will lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions. You will undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening. You will contribute to our nursing strategy and vision to; Provide outstanding evidence based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them. Deliver non-judgemental care that makes a real difference, as defined throughout our bespoke Health in Justice competency framework. Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within, and feel proud of. Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning. Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi-disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job.

Key Duties: 1. To provide a personal assistant and senior medical secretarial service to Consultants and other medical staff in relation to their clinical duties. 2. Inform all relevant staff of reduced/cancelled clinics/theatre lists with regard to consultants and junior doctors planned or emergency absence. 3. To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners, discharge summaries and other official correspondence, including self-generated non-routine correspondence if required. 4. To manage patients pathways and highlight any potential problems with regards to treating a patient within set targets. 5. Monitor capacity and liaise with Clinical staff and management when additional capacity will be required. 6. To deal with day-to-day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to consultant staff if necessary. 7. To make arrangements for appointments for patients when required. 8. To manage waiting lists daily adhering to the trust guidance policy for waiting list management: a. ensuring that patient names are included on waiting lists b. ensuring patients are sent for TCI, following RTT rules c. ensuring PAS and Bluespier systems are up to date at all times d. dealing with waiting list enquiries generated by General Practitioners, patients, Trust waiting list management team and the Directorate management team. e. ensuring the appropriate amendments of patient outcomes. f. participating in the validation of patient data, to assist in the improvement of data quality for Trust reporting systems 9. To respond to enquiries from GPs, other Health Service personnel, patients and relatives. 10. To respond to Advice and Guidance enquiries from GPs. 11. To provide statistical information for Consultants and the Directorate Management team as and when required. 12. To deal with administrative and secretarial aspects of Consultants management, educational and professional advisory commitments. 13. To participate in the collection and transmission of information to enable the Directorate to meet its objectives including appropriate support for clinical audits 14. To participate in and contribute to the effective introduction of new systems and initiatives leading to the improvement and development of patient services including IT. 15. Training/Supervision of temporary and new staff within the office. 16. To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or the Directorate Management Team in accordance to the needs of the service. 17. Monitor stationery and order relevant stationery as and when necessary. 18. Attend admin team / departmental meetings as required. Contribute to building effective teamwork in exchanging views, ideas and communicating effectively. 19. To manage and progress results of patient investigations and on receipt, prioritise and action according to clinical need, with guidance from the medical team. 20. Work within and keep up to date with National and Trust legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures, protocols and code of conduct and ensure they are adhered to across the team.

Distribution Team Lead Role To act as the Lead Assistant for Distribution, working closely with Stores and Distribution Manager and Training Leads to develop Distribution training for Assistants and Trainees, and to support the delivery of this by organising and assisting with the training delivery as delegated and appropriate. Screen and input all ward requisitions onto EMIS to cost, issue and produce a picking ticket and also clarifying and endorsing with generic names and form of the drug after consulting the British National Formulary (BNF) and with senior ward staff, if information is unclear or omitted. Inform the ward staff if an item is not supplied by the pharmacy and refer them to the correct department. The work pattern is unpredictable and has constant interruptions from both telephone queries and third parties. Refer requisitions to the Professional Checking pharmacist, any items that are: unlicensed drugs, high cost antibiotics or where the patients name is required (i.e. Non Stock). To co-ordinate work flow within Distribution, ensuring all required tasks have been covered each day, and escalate any problems and issues as and when necessary to the Stores and Distribution Manager. Accurately supply requisitioned stock medicines ordered by all wards, clinics, outside hospitals and external customers in a timely and appropriate way. Resolve supply problems when possible and inform customers accordingly. Where resolution is not immediate, swiftly communicate these issues to an appropriate member of ward/clinical department staff, having first referred to an appropriate member of staff for advice or a possible alternative solution if necessary. Supervise staff and workflow within distribution, directing Pharmacy Assistants and Trainees according to workload. The post holder will be required to continually prioritise urgent requests ensuring that deadlines for supply are met and items are processed in order of priority. To work with the lead technician and site lead to ensure all work required is complete by the end of each day, following the Distribution lead checklist paperwork. To suggest and help implement once agreed any workflow transformation plans or new systems of work. Supervise Pharmacy Assistants rostered to work in Distribution. This will include: Ensuring staff follow SOPs and resolve basic issues as defined within them.Ensuring staff are appropriately delegated duties Ensuring staff observe Health and Safety good practices especially in relation to load handling and COSHH within the Pharmacy Store. Ensuring appropriate communications take place between Stores staff and the Distribution and Procurement teams across the county. Ensuring appropriate communications take place between Distribution staff and Nursing Staff Deal with non-routine issues relating to Stock Distribution as defined with SOPs, and problem solve within the limits of responsibility, escalating where necessary to a senior technician. Work under pressure to meet set transport and portering times to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of medicines across the County organising additional transport when necessary. Assist with any action plans relating to MRHA Medicine Recalls, or medicine shortages when required. Organise the replenishment and expiry date checking of the Emergency Drug cupboard as required. Interpret and organise daily intravenous fluid orders from wards and clinical areas. Make decisions and what to supply when orders are placed after the pharmacy cut-off times with liaison with nursing staff. Ensure that the daily paperwork is filed and archived correctly, so that they can easily be retrieved for any query. Plan and review the staff rota for the topping up of medicines and related products on wards and departments. Ensure that bulk IV fluids within the Pharmacy IV Fluid Store are rotated and adequate stocks are maintained to meet routine and non-routine service demands. Provide support in the handling of Manufacturers Product Recalls, under the direction of the Stores and Distribution Manager. This will include identifying stock holding in pharmacy and on the wards and assisting in the recall of stock Managerial Responsibilities To function and act as a role model for Pharmacy Assistants at all times projecting professionalism in all areas of work and conduct, being approachable and supportive to colleagues and liaising with managers to support departmental policy, procedure, ethos and standards to the benefit of patients. Assist in the review of SOPs in relation to the Team Lead role undertaken and, assist in the implementation and training of staff. Liaise with lead technicians on a regular basis to ensure that all Assistant staff are allocated appropriately, and raise any issues in staffing or service delivery. To express any concerns over the competency of team members in relation to the safe and accurate delivery of their duties, to the most appropriate member of the Operational Management team. To provide cover for other Pharmacy Assistant Team Leads in their absence. Assist in the training of pharmacy staff in manual handling, risk management and act as a departmental Fire Warden. General Duties:Stock control Ensure that stock is rotated and that adequate stocks are held to meet normal demands whilst preventing wastage due to over-stocking. Check stocks on a regular basis to ensure that computer records are accurate. Obtain reports within EMIS Pharmacy Computer System as required, investigate and report any unexplained discrepancies to the relevant supervising Pharmacy Technician. Undertake expiry date checking of stock on a rotational basis as appropriate. Undertake appropriate housekeeping duties when necessary. Dispensary: (i.e. providing relief cover when necessary) Participate in the provision of reception duties within the Dispensary see full job description Logging work in. Assist in the assembly of dispensed items for in-patient, out-patient and take-home prescriptions within the dispensary as defined within the departmental SOPs. This will include labelling and dispensing of prescriptions. Distribution Assistant role: (i.e. providing relief cover when necessary) To supply stock and non-stock ad-hoc requests of drugs to wards and departments following SOPs. To supply stock and non-stock ad-hoc requests to wards and departments where requested on pharmacy order sheets by ward based pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. To input requirements onto the pharmacy EMIS computer system to cost the issue and produce a Picking Ticket. To provide a cross-check of the accuracy of items assembled by other Pharmacy Assistants within the Distribution section when required. To assist in the processing of returned items following SOPs. Dispose of out of date, wasted and unwanted medicines by placing in the correct waste stream container. Assist in the assembly of cardiac arrest (and related) boxes. Check the Emergency Drug Room on a rota basis, issue and replenish stock that has been removed ensuring stock is issued on the EMIS system. Ensure the stock held in the cupboard is in date and the expiry dates are recorded. Ensure that stock held in the Emergency Drug Room is in date and that expiry dates are recorded. Ward Based Top Up service role: (i.e. providing relief cover when necessary) Provide a Pharmacy top-up service to a ward or group of wards allocated to you. This will include: Identifying top-up requirements by checking through the stock cupboards on the ward against the agreed stock list. Inputting these requirements onto the pharmacy EMIS computer system to produce a Picking Ticket for issue purposes. Identifying excess stock and non-stock items that are currently not in use within cupboards, removing these items and returning them to the pharmacy. Checking expiry dates and storage conditions of drugs held on the ward removing any out-of-date or inappropriately stored items and returning them to pharmacy. Liaising with Distribution team at Redditch re: out-of stocks and items that are owed from top-ups. Assist Pharmacy Technicians in review of stock lists thereby ensuring that lists are kept up to date. Seek advice from the appropriate Pharmacy Technician regarding non-routine issues relating to top-ups raised by ward staff, if unable to resolve self Stores (i.e. providing relief cover when necessary) Unpack deliveries from Suppliers and check goods against delivery documents enclosed. Check delivery against the EMIS order and receive items onto the Pharmacy Computer System if correct. Handle routine discrepancies and problems with deliveries appropriately. Escalate non-routine problems as appropriate. Put receipted stock away promptly and accurately within the department according to departmental SOPs. Assist in maintaining the pharmacy Archive Store including filing of paperwork. Core responsibilities: Participate in the Trusts Skills Development Review (PDR) process on at least an annual basis, preparing for and pro-actively contributing to the review with the manager. Follow all departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at all times, where necessary identifying any aspect of an SOP which could be improved and/or amended to the Dispensary Manager or appropriate supervising Senior Technician. Be personally responsible for keeping up-to-date with all relevant SOPs, policies and communiqués within the department and, where appropriate, the Trust as a whole. Maintain patient confidentiality at all times according to Trust procedure and policy. Act in a professional, caring and responsible manner at all times ensuring that the needs of patients and all customers of the Pharmacy Service are met. Assist in the induction and training of new and less experienced staff members and students by demonstrating own duties. To participate in the Departmental Bank Holiday rota. To participate in weekend working.

Distribution Team Lead Role To act as the Lead Assistant for Distribution, working closely with Stores and Distribution Manager and Training Leads to develop Distribution training for Assistants and Trainees, and to support the delivery of this by organising and assisting with the training delivery as delegated and appropriate. Screen and input all ward requisitions onto EMIS to cost, issue and produce a picking ticket and also clarifying and endorsing with generic names and form of the drug after consulting the British National Formulary (BNF) and with senior ward staff, if information is unclear or omitted. Inform the ward staff if an item is not supplied by the pharmacy and refer them to the correct department. The work pattern is unpredictable and has constant interruptions from both telephone queries and third parties. Refer requisitions to the Professional Checking pharmacist, any items that are: unlicensed drugs, high cost antibiotics or where the patients name is required (i.e. Non Stock). To co-ordinate work flow within Distribution, ensuring all required tasks have been covered each day, and escalate any problems and issues as and when necessary to the Stores and Distribution Manager. Accurately supply requisitioned stock medicines ordered by all wards, clinics, outside hospitals and external customers in a timely and appropriate way. Resolve supply problems when possible and inform customers accordingly. Where resolution is not immediate, swiftly communicate these issues to an appropriate member of ward/clinical department staff, having first referred to an appropriate member of staff for advice or a possible alternative solution if necessary. Supervise staff and workflow within distribution, directing Pharmacy Assistants and Trainees according to workload. The post holder will be required to continually prioritise urgent requests ensuring that deadlines for supply are met and items are processed in order of priority. To work with the lead technician and site lead to ensure all work required is complete by the end of each day, following the Distribution lead checklist paperwork. To suggest and help implement once agreed any workflow transformation plans or new systems of work. Supervise Pharmacy Assistants rostered to work in Distribution. This will include: Ensuring staff follow SOPs and resolve basic issues as defined within them.Ensuring staff are appropriately delegated duties Ensuring staff observe Health and Safety good practices especially in relation to load handling and COSHH within the Pharmacy Store. Ensuring appropriate communications take place between Stores staff and the Distribution and Procurement teams across the county. Ensuring appropriate communications take place between Distribution staff and Nursing Staff Deal with non-routine issues relating to Stock Distribution as defined with SOPs, and problem solve within the limits of responsibility, escalating where necessary to a senior technician. Work under pressure to meet set transport and portering times to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of medicines across the County organising additional transport when necessary. Assist with any action plans relating to MRHA Medicine Recalls, or medicine shortages when required. Organise the replenishment and expiry date checking of the Emergency Drug cupboard as required. Interpret and organise daily intravenous fluid orders from wards and clinical areas. Make decisions and what to supply when orders are placed after the pharmacy cut-off times with liaison with nursing staff. Ensure that the daily paperwork is filed and archived correctly, so that they can easily be retrieved for any query. Plan and review the staff rota for the topping up of medicines and related products on wards and departments. Ensure that bulk IV fluids within the Pharmacy IV Fluid Store are rotated and adequate stocks are maintained to meet routine and non-routine service demands. Provide support in the handling of Manufacturers Product Recalls, under the direction of the Stores and Distribution Manager. This will include identifying stock holding in pharmacy and on the wards and assisting in the recall of stock Managerial Responsibilities To function and act as a role model for Pharmacy Assistants at all times projecting professionalism in all areas of work and conduct, being approachable and supportive to colleagues and liaising with managers to support departmental policy, procedure, ethos and standards to the benefit of patients. Assist in the review of SOPs in relation to the Team Lead role undertaken and, assist in the implementation and training of staff. Liaise with lead technicians on a regular basis to ensure that all Assistant staff are allocated appropriately, and raise any issues in staffing or service delivery. To express any concerns over the competency of team members in relation to the safe and accurate delivery of their duties, to the most appropriate member of the Operational Management team. To provide cover for other Pharmacy Assistant Team Leads in their absence. Assist in the training of pharmacy staff in manual handling, risk management and act as a departmental Fire Warden. General Duties:Stock control Ensure that stock is rotated and that adequate stocks are held to meet normal demands whilst preventing wastage due to over-stocking. Check stocks on a regular basis to ensure that computer records are accurate. Obtain reports within EMIS Pharmacy Computer System as required, investigate and report any unexplained discrepancies to the relevant supervising Pharmacy Technician. Undertake expiry date checking of stock on a rotational basis as appropriate. Undertake appropriate housekeeping duties when necessary. Dispensary: (i.e. providing relief cover when necessary) Participate in the provision of reception duties within the Dispensary see full job description Logging work in. Assist in the assembly of dispensed items for in-patient, out-patient and take-home prescriptions within the dispensary as defined within the departmental SOPs. This will include labelling and dispensing of prescriptions. Distribution Assistant role: (i.e. providing relief cover when necessary) To supply stock and non-stock ad-hoc requests of drugs to wards and departments following SOPs. To supply stock and non-stock ad-hoc requests to wards and departments where requested on pharmacy order sheets by ward based pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. To input requirements onto the pharmacy EMIS computer system to cost the issue and produce a Picking Ticket. To provide a cross-check of the accuracy of items assembled by other Pharmacy Assistants within the Distribution section when required. To assist in the processing of returned items following SOPs. Dispose of out of date, wasted and unwanted medicines by placing in the correct waste stream container. Assist in the assembly of cardiac arrest (and related) boxes. Check the Emergency Drug Room on a rota basis, issue and replenish stock that has been removed ensuring stock is issued on the EMIS system. Ensure the stock held in the cupboard is in date and the expiry dates are recorded. Ensure that stock held in the Emergency Drug Room is in date and that expiry dates are recorded. Ward Based Top Up service role: (i.e. providing relief cover when necessary) Provide a Pharmacy top-up service to a ward or group of wards allocated to you. This will include: Identifying top-up requirements by checking through the stock cupboards on the ward against the agreed stock list. Inputting these requirements onto the pharmacy EMIS computer system to produce a Picking Ticket for issue purposes. Identifying excess stock and non-stock items that are currently not in use within cupboards, removing these items and returning them to the pharmacy. Checking expiry dates and storage conditions of drugs held on the ward removing any out-of-date or inappropriately stored items and returning them to pharmacy. Liaising with Distribution team at Redditch re: out-of stocks and items that are owed from top-ups. Assist Pharmacy Technicians in review of stock lists thereby ensuring that lists are kept up to date. Seek advice from the appropriate Pharmacy Technician regarding non-routine issues relating to top-ups raised by ward staff, if unable to resolve self Stores (i.e. providing relief cover when necessary) Unpack deliveries from Suppliers and check goods against delivery documents enclosed. Check delivery against the EMIS order and receive items onto the Pharmacy Computer System if correct. Handle routine discrepancies and problems with deliveries appropriately. Escalate non-routine problems as appropriate. Put receipted stock away promptly and accurately within the department according to departmental SOPs. Assist in maintaining the pharmacy Archive Store including filing of paperwork. Core responsibilities: Participate in the Trusts Skills Development Review (PDR) process on at least an annual basis, preparing for and pro-actively contributing to the review with the manager. Follow all departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at all times, where necessary identifying any aspect of an SOP which could be improved and/or amended to the Dispensary Manager or appropriate supervising Senior Technician. Be personally responsible for keeping up-to-date with all relevant SOPs, policies and communiqués within the department and, where appropriate, the Trust as a whole. Maintain patient confidentiality at all times according to Trust procedure and policy. Act in a professional, caring and responsible manner at all times ensuring that the needs of patients and all customers of the Pharmacy Service are met. Assist in the induction and training of new and less experienced staff members and students by demonstrating own duties. To participate in the Departmental Bank Holiday rota. To participate in weekend working.