Hatzfeld Care
Medication Co-ordinator
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Medication Co-ordinator
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About Hatzfeld
At Hatzfeld, we provide residential care for adults with varying needs, ranging from Asperger’s, Schizophrenia, or eating disorders to age-related illnesses or Dementia. Each resident receives a person-centred care plan, tailored to their specific requirements.
With residential care services across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, and East Yorkshire, we offer diverse career opportunities supporting adults with varying levels of need, delivering compassionate, responsive, and individualised care.
Role: Medication Coordinator
Location Requirement: Must live in the UK to apply
You will be responsible for ensuring that medication management follows high standards within our residences by training and empowering staff. Your role encompasses:
Key Responsibilities
Medication Logistics & Compliance
- Ordering of acute and monthly medications
- Booking appointments for dispensing and administration
- Managing stock control (quantities, expiry dates, stock rotation)
- Maintaining secure medication storage (cabinets, fridges, locked rooms)
Administrative & Documentation
- Recording daily medication schedules and restocking forms
- Ensuring accurate stock records and documentation of key custody
- Managing controlled drugs with strict security practices
- Handling and recording homely remedies & over-the-counter medication, including resident welfare education
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Competency & Staff Training
- Conducting, organising, and supporting staff training in medication administration techniques
- Performing procedural risk assessments as required by guidelines
- Guiding staff on best practices – paperwork organisation, accountability, refusal management, and collaboration with healthcare professionals
Specialist & Emergency Care
- Supporting self-administration policies and conducting thorough risk assessments
- Administering audits, monitoring medication, and liaising with external auditors or inspectors
- Facilitating suggested leave plans for residents while maintaining care oversight
- Ensuring compliance with PRN (as required) medication protocols
- Implementing covert medication administration following documented procedures and legal frameworks
- Managing medication errors, near-misses, and safeguarding issues
- Developing and enacting contingency plans for medication-related emergencies
Legal & Facilities
- Stocking, maintaining, and replenishing first aid boxes
- Ensuring compliance with external medicinal and healthcare legislation
- Mitigating resident health needs (coordination with healthcare teams)
- Assisting with transfers for new residents
- Handling legal requisites upon death of a resident (components of such care)
- Maintaining accurate alerting & reporting systems
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Additional Tasks
- Monitoring compliance with home policies and procedures
- Evaluating confirmed competency of staff working with medication
- Ensuring each employee knows medication details & their safety protocols
- Supporting home management team across all medication-related areas
Person Specification
- Reliability & integrity – Must exhibit high trustworthiness
- Enthusiastic and proactive – Championing positive care outcomes
- Exceptional communication skills – Holds general conversations meeting resident needs
- Team player – Thrives in multi-professional environments
- Experience valued – Desirable but not prerequisite: working with mental health disorders including Dementia awareness
Benefits Package
- Company pension scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme benefits
- Discounted or free meals
- Free or subsidised commute options
- Life insurance coverage
- On-site staff parking
- Competitive hourly rate:
- £13.40 per hour
- Part-time flexibility: 24 or 36-hour contracts available (12-hour shifts)
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