Job Description

Medicines Supply Dispense and issue medicines to patients, using actual or faxedprescriptions, ensuring that all the necessary information is available. Provide advice and information to patients on how to take their medicines effectively and safely. Take payment for prescription charges and generate a receipt when required. Ensure that all information needed for accurate stock control and prescription issues data is recorded using both paper systems and the computerised Pharmacy Information System (PIS).



Liaise with Procurement staff about urgently required medicines and informing patients and other health care staff about supply problems / delays. Dispense clinical trial medication and complete all required documentation following the defined Standard Operating Procedures. Dispense specialist hospital-only medicines and unlicensed medicines which require accurate, detailed records. Dispense oral chemotherapy medicines taking necessary precautions detailed in SOPs.



Replenish the A&E out-of-hours medicine cupboard ensuring prescription reconciliation and accurate recording of issues to patients. Replenish the out-of-hours Emergency drug cupboard(s) ensuring accurate recording of issues to patients. Work with the lead Homecare Technician to help arrange the supply of medicines through Homecare Services. This will include receiving Homecare prescriptions, reviewing orders and reconciling orders with invoices.



Medicines Management Promote good communications between Pharmacy and Ward staff to ensure a safe, efficient and cost-effective medicines management service. Liaise with nursing staff and ward Pharmacist to find out about new admissions, discharges and transfers, to enable prioritisation of the Pharmacy service. Answer queries from nurses and other healthcare professional, referring any clinical issues to the Pharmacist. Help medicines management pharmacist(s) to develop and maintain care plans for all patients on the relevant wards, specifically to: help take an accurate medication history lead in the assessment and help in the review of medicines brought into hospital by the patient Help to educate the patient about treatment changes and the best way in which they can manage their own medicines, where appropriate, through self administration schemes where appropriate, liaise and communicate with the patients PCT, GP, Community Pharmacist and/or carers in order to ensure seamless care by accurate transmission of medicines-related information, in both directions at the point of discharge, ensure that the contents of the patients medicines locker are safe and appropriate for the patient to take home work closely with and train the nursing staff on all medicine management policies.



Technical Services Preparation of non-sterile medicinal products for specific patients e.g., suspensions, creams, ointments, powders etc. Preparation of sterile medicinal products for specific patients in a laminar flow cabinet / isolator in a controlled clean room environment e.g., parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy treatments. The above two duties involve preparation of worksheets, accurate assembly of raw materials, dosage calculations, accurate measurements using balances, graduated measures and syringes. These operations require a high degree of manual dexterity, and competencies will be continually assessed.



Maintain the essential training and competencies required to be a named person on the Trusts Intrathecal Register for dispensing intrathecal chemotherapy. Maintain competency to prepare sterile preparations and to keep up to date with validation processes. Check components on assembled batch trays for sterile products before processing. (not chemotherapy) Check components for re-packaging and non-sterile products.



Check labels produced for sterile, non-sterile and re-packaged products including chemotherapy before processing or assembly. Supervise the re-packaging carried out by Pharmacy Assistants according to standard operating procedures. To check CPR emergency boxes after assembly by Pharmacy Assistants for use within the hospital.