Location:  Lisburn

Salary:  £13.57

37.5 Hours a week

JOB SUMMARY

To assist in the provision of a comprehensive, high quality and efficient pharmacy service to Healthcare. The post holder will work as an effective member of the Healthcare in Prison Pharmacy team providing comprehensive Medicines Management and dispensing services.

KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

•             Assist in the provision of all aspects of the dispensary services to Healthcare in Prison under the supervision of a pharmacist.

•             To dispense prescriptions for patients using the pharmacy computer system.

•             Participate in the treatment room pharmacy service including monitoring stock usage and liaising with the Primary Care nurse with regards to stock control.

•             Responsible for monitoring fridge temperatures and fridge logs, taking appropriate action to ensure the cold chain is maintained.

•             Perform duties in accordance with the department’s safe systems of work and procedures including the use of equipment and machines, handling of chemicals, lifting and handling.

•             Maintain equipment and dispensing areas in a clean and orderly manner.

•             Process returns from treatment rooms and ensure they are safe for reuse.

•             Ensure the safe disposal of medication deemed unsuitable for reuse

Medicines Management

•             Issue self-administration medication to patients, providing medication counselling where appropriate.

•             Assist nursing staff with administration of Controlled Drugs and the maintenance of Controlled Drug registers and the Controlled Drug Cabinet.

•             Ensure that appropriate stock levels of medications and pharmacy items are available in each treatment room by providing efficient top-up services and ensuring that all daily requisitions are processed.

•             Assist relevant pharmacy personnel in the optimisation of pharmaceutical product use by monitoring stock levels, managing non-stock items, checking expiry dates and processing returns.

•             Responsible for monitoring fridge temperatures and fridge logs, taking appropriate action to ensure the cold chain is maintained.

•             Make appropriate entries on patients computerised medical records (EMIS system) regarding medication concerns.

•             Responsible for the re-ordering of patients repeat medications always ensuring continuity of supply.

•             Responsible for regular monitoring of self-administration medications to ensure that patients are not abusing/misusing their medication.

•             Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure all medication issues are dealt with appropriately, acting as a liaison with the dispensing contractor/dispensary.

•             Assist in the collection of workload data to identify trends in prescribing patterns and encourage cost efficiency.

•             Ensure the safe and secure storage of medicines in accordance with all medicines legislation and Trust security policies.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

SECTION 1: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will initially be measured at shortlisting stage although may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage.  You should therefore make it clear on your application form whether you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is stated below.

Experience

A minimum of 2 years’ experience working as a Student Pharmacy Technician, or equivalent, for a minimum of 14 hours per week.    Shortlisting by Application Form

Qualifications/ Registration BTEC and NVQ3 in Pharmacy Services, or equivalent.

Equivalent knowledge-based qualifications include:

•             City and Guilds Level 3 Cert In Pharmacy Services (100/5845/X)

•             SQA level 3 Cert in Pharmacy Services (G753 04 or GA6P46)

•             NPA Level 3 Underpinning knowledge programme

•             Buttercups Level3 knowledge-based programme

•             Dispensing Certificate of the Royal Army Medical Corps or the Royal Air Force

•             NPA 2-year Dispensing Technicians correspondence course completed prior to 1998

•             Boots 2-year dispenser training course completed prior to 1993

•             Boots 1 year dispenser training course completed after 1993 but before March 2005 plus accredited top-up training module plus assessment of competence

Equivalent NVQ3 qualifications include:

•             City and Guilds NVQ3 Pharmacy services (100/2201/6 or 500/0576/6)

•             Edexcel NVQ3 Pharmacy services (100/2615/0 or 500/9578/X)

•             SQA Level 3 Pharmacy Services (G759 23 or GA08 23)

A start date will be agreed following confirmation of qualification.

Shortlisting by Application Form

Other   Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment.

These criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.

SECTION 2: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage:

Skills / Abilities

•             Effective communication skills

•             Organisational ability

•             Computer literacy

•             Basic numeracy skills

•             Computer literacy

•             Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team  Interview / Test

Knowledge

•             Basic knowledge of the job

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