Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of the role

1.    Contributing to the delivery of exceptional pharmacy services to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
2.    Participate in inpatient, outpatient and discharge dispensing including unlicensed and controlled drugs (CD).
3.    Undertake cytotoxic dispensing in accordance with departmental procedures and criteria dictated by COSHH regulations.
4.    Perform final accuracy checks on prescriptions that have previously been clinically checked by a pharmacist in accordance with Trust and departmental procedures.
5.    Undertake dispensing of pre-prepared parenteral nutrition supplies.
6.    Participate in annual Personal Development Reviews (PDR), agreeing on set objectives in line with company targets.
7.    Operate with Trust electronic dispensing systems, iQemo and CMM.
8.    Raise stock concerns promptly with the pharmacy stores team.
9.    Have knowledge and appreciation of pharmacy stock procurement and storage procedures.
10.    To assist in the maintenance of stock levels and ensuring efficient turnover whilst maintaining quality and drug integrity.
11.    Provide occasional support to the stores team during stocktaking operations.
12.    Participate in the compiling and checking of ward stock ‘top-ups’.
13.    Undertake occasional extemporaneous dispensing.
14.    Participate in the dispensing and checking of patient discharge medicines.
15.    Maintain accurate record keeping of controlled drugs receipted into the pharmacy and subsequent supplies made, reporting any discrepancy or concerns promptly to the CD accountable officer.
16.    Respond to telephone and face to face queries of a routine or technical nature from a diverse range of Trust staff, referring to an appropriate member of the pharmacy team when appropriate.
17.    Undertake patient counselling in the outpatient area, sensitive to the occasional distressing situations encountered.
18.    Work collaboratively with other members of the broader pharmacy organisation, aseptics and clinical trials.
19.    Provide mentoring, induction and training to students, preregistration pharmacists and dispensers.
20.    Assist in the destruction of returned and expired controlled drugs, following instruction from the CD accountable officer.
21.    Participate in scheduled Saturday/Sunday and Bank holiday rotas.
22.    Comply with COSHH, HSE, company and Trust procedures and safe systems of working.
23.    Maintain personal portfolio of company-specific mandatory training modules.
24.    Comply with Trust infection control policies.
25.    Take personal responsibility for managing own health and wellbeing.

Applications will be welcomed from a Qualified Accuracy Checking Technician seeking 37.5 hours per week