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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Result Areas:

Quality Management

Working alongside the Senior Pharmacy Technician for Procurement, Distribution & Stores, and the Chief Pharmacy Technician and the wider Quality Management Team to;

- Be responsible for a wide range of duties to maintain compliance to the Trust’s MHRA WDA Licence at GRH

- To ensure that GDP processes are implemented and followed in all relevant areas of pharmacy, ensuring that Pharmacy is inspection-ready at all times.

- To initiate, peer review and maintain records of all CAPA and initiate/assist with the review of all Change Controls relevant to the Trust’s MHRA WDA activity

- To conduct Internal and External Audits as part of compliance checks

- To maintain the Action Log of QMG meetings.

- To maintain all Technical Agreements with third-party suppliers/ contractors as part of WDA

- To complete and maintain all supplier bonafide checks in-line with MHRA guidance

Environmental Monitoring

- Responsible, with Pharmacy Clinical Apps team, for monitoring/managing the Pharmacy Temperature monitoring system following routine schedule to ensure that early detection of future temperature excursions is possible.

- Responsible for responding to ad hoc temperature alarms/excursions and subsequent corrective/preventative action(s).

- Responsible for all temperature mapping exercises involved in WDA activity including transit validation.

- Responsible for the calibration/validation of all new equipment relating to WDA activity.

Facilities Management

- Act as facilities lead for the Pharmacy Site – ensuring all contracts for equipment and servicing are kept up to date and fit for purpose, including arranging service visits, monitoring expiry and dealing with control of contractors as required.

- Responsible for scheduling all routine maintenance of key equipment within Pharmacy and maintaining records of this.

- Liaising with and notifying staff when planned maintenance is due to take place.

- To be the first point of contact with Estates & Facilities (GMS) to ensure that all critical facilities within pharmacy are maintained.

- To ensure that Pharmacy is compliant with all relevant HSE/ChemRegs recommendations/legislation (such as safe use of Liquid Nitrogen). To include being the first point of contact for annual inspection by HSE.

- To be one of the COSHH Leads/Trainers for Pharmacy at GRH.

- Attend department H&S meetings. Also to act as Vice-Chair for these meetings.

Medical Gases

- Manage the work plan for the Medical Gas Committee, acting as support to Chief Pharmacist and committee; building agenda, writing minutes & ensuring minutes available and chasing actions as necessary.

- Liaise with Portering Services and other hospital areas with regard issues relating to medical gases. 

- To ensure Pharmacy compliance with all relevant legislation and effective systems are in place for the ordering, tracking and retrieval of medical gases. 

- Member of the Medical Gas Committee.

- Review & report related DATIX incidents and support improvement activities

-  Support and report audit of key standards in delivery of gases as medicines           

-  Undertake financial reporting, tracking use and expenditure against GHT budget 

-  Work with GHT clinical teams to improve stock management, sustainability and reduce wastage.

 Project Work

- Provide project leadership or support on a range of Pharmacy Projects for example:

Medical Gas cylinder management project

Ad hoc project support

Support data input and analysis across a broad range of specialities within Pharmacy

 Dispensary

Under the supervision of the Senior Pharmacy Technician or nominated deputy:

- Final accuracy Check a variety of prescriptions types according to agreed Job Plan.

- Dispensing for In-patients, out-patients and patients that are going home (including Controlled Drugs), according to standard operating procedures.

- Handing out completed outpatient prescriptions to patients or their representatives, according to standard operating procedures, including providing straightforward advice on further supply and common dosages.

- Ensure that any out-of-date items are removed from the Pharmacy Stock.

- Supervises and trains new staff members and student/ apprentice technicians.