Home: Trust wide
Location: Based at nearest care home with regular travel to all homes and sites.
Pay details: £32,000pa
Hours: 40
Shifts: Flexible
Closing date: 23/06/2025
Job Description: Medication Coordinator – Job Description
Person Specification: Medication Coordinator – Person Specification
How to Apply
Email your CV and a cover letter outlining how you meet the criteria of the person specification to recruitment@greensleeves.org.uk
About Us
Would you like to continue your career with one of the most respected care charities?
At Greensleeves Care we deliver exceptional 24-hour residential, dementia and nursing care to older people across our 28 care homes in England. We are an accredited Living Wage employer and Greensleeves Care are endorsed with Skills for Care and an Assured City and Guilds provider who offer a range of free learning and development to our colleagues.
As a Medication Coordinator, you will:
- Support colleagues in Homes to assess their medication management processes and ensure compliance with Greensleeves Care policies and procedures, regulatory requirements and any special needs of residents.
- Work with Homes to maintain up-to-date and accurate care plans in respect to Resident medications by supporting with queries and questions and undertaking spot checks of homes medication care plans as needed.
- Work with Homes to ensure safe practice and accuracy, openness and transparency at all times concerning the management of medication and in particular the management of medication audits.
- Participate in medication audit activities as appropriate and where agreed with the Director of Quality & Compliance.
- Maintain, review and as necessary develop medication systems within homes to ensure and facilitate effective communication around medication management.
- Assist homes to ensure all medication incidents are reported promptly in accordance with Greensleeves Care policy and support in the management of any investigations, outcomes and lessons learned with regards to any medication errors where appropriate.
- Participate in meetings with Greensleeves Care partners in medication management including pharmacies, e-Mar providers etc. and where relevant support the roll out of new systems or updates to current systems.
To apply, you will need:
- Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) Level 3 or equivalent in care or other relevant qualification.
- Experience of working with older People in the care home environment.
- Experience of administering medication.
- Experience of leading medication rounds.
- Experience of wider medication management and working with teams to improve performance.
- Understand care planning processes and have experience of writing care plans specifically around the management of medication.
- Experience of conducting medication audits.
- An understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements around the management of medication within a care home
Rewards & Benefits Package
- 25 days paid holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
- Free learning and development
- Company pension scheme – employers contribution matched up to 6%
- 2 x Salary Death in Service benefit
- Medical Health Benefit (Beneden)
- Length of Service Awards at 5,10,20,30,40 and 50 years
- Voluntary Lifestyle Benefits through the Hapi App
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Wellbeing Thrive App
- Refer a Friend scheme (you can earn up to £300 per referral)
DBS – The successful applicant will be appointed subject to providing evidence of ISA first and enhanced DBS disclosure. This post is not subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Greensleeves Care is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community
Greensleeves Care Core Values
Respect – We treat residents and colleagues with dignity and value their unique life experiences and personal contributions.
Openness – We act openly and honestly, building confidence in our intentions and behaviour. We choose words and actions that are sincere, not misleading.
Responsibility – We are committed to meeting the needs of others and behave responsibility towards residents and colleagues, being careful of the choices we make.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Please note this role is open to UK-based candidates only.