Pharmacy Co-ordinator

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend and Bank Holidays)

The pharmacy co-ordinator will be responsible for:

• Joint co-ordination of the BRI inpatient pharmacy.
• Sole co-ordination of Pharmacy Distribution/Medicines Optimisation services.
• The role will be split 50/50 between the two service areas listed above.

Main duties of the job

• Assist the pharmacy manager with the training of all staff, including encouraging and organising attendance on relevant recognised courses (NVQ, Buttercups/Bradford etc).
• Assist with the recruitment of pharmacy staff in line with Trust policies and procedures.
• Ensure appropriate levels of staff cover by being involved in annual leave approval and study leave. 
• Responsible for arranging regular destruction of controlled drugs with a representative of the Trust Board in attendance and maintaining monthly CD stock checks.
• Assist the pharmacy manager/operations manager and the pharmacy support services manager with monitoring workload and ensure workload is managed consistently throughout the day by the effective deployment of staff.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
• Accreditation in Final Accuracy Checking and Medicines Optimisation.
• Evidence of continued professional Developement.

Desirable criteria

• In possession of a Management or Leadership qualification.
• A qualified NVQ/TAQA.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Recent NHS hospital pharmacy experience as a pharmacy technician in a range of roles within pharmacy such as medicines dispensing, procurement and supply procedures and practices.
• Understanding of confidentiality and how to apply.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of managing / supervising other pharmacy staff.
• Experience of writing standard operating procedures.

Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Able to prioritise time and workload effectively.
• A positive and flexible attitude.
• Leadership skills.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good verbal and written communication skills to enable effective communications with patients, their carers/relatives, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals (E) - Good IT skills.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own and others’ work to meet agreed deadlines, including managing work rotas.
• Good influencing skills required for communication with wide range of healthcare professionals and external partners and suppliers.