Pharmacy Dispenser - Chilton

To work as a

Community Pharmacy Dispenser, to provide an efficient and safe

pharmaceutical service.

To provide advice and

support to patients, relatives, and other healthcare professionals involved in

the patients care.

To act under the

direction of the pharmacist or Pharmacy Manager.

To assist in the

delivery of all Essential, advanced and essential services within the Community

Pharmacy.

To assist in the

delivery of all Local services offered by the pharmacy, which have been

commission by the PCT (or successor organisations)

To maintain

appropriate stock levels of all items in the pharmacy.

To comply with all

legal and NHS requirements including record keeping

Work as part of the

Community Pharmacy team.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Practice

● Perform all duties required within, or on

behalf of the community pharmacy. This includes all Essential, Additional and

Enhanced services which are locally or nationally commissioned. This will

Include but not limited to

○ Labelling and assembly of prescription

items

○ Accurate endorsing of prescriptions

○ Maintaining a clean and tidy work

environment

○ Collection of prescriptions and or

delivering dispensed items as may be required.

○ Placing, receiving and putting orders into

stock.

● Follow national and local guidance at all

times, with particular regard to “Medicines, ethics in Practice” (MEP),

current addition.

● Work under direction of the pharmacy

Standard operating procedures (SOP’s).

● To undertake the sale or supply of

medicines and goods, including over the counter sales.

● Comply with the requirements for the sale

or supply of all medicines as required by the Medicines Act.

● Maintain stocks at an appropriate level of

all medication and appliances, within the pharmacy, to meet patient demands.

Communication

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Provide advice and support to patients and their relatives and carers

as appropriate.

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Build good relationships with practices and other prescribers and

healthcare professionals (e.g., GPs, community pharmacists, district nurses

etc.) to facilitate patient care.

●

Communicate effectively with the patient, relatives, carers and all

members of the healthcare team.

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Counsel patients appropriately upon medication issues and throughout

their care, providing advice and written support where appropriate.

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Promote and enhance the reputation of IntraHealth Pharmacy.

Delivering a quality service

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Code of Conduct For Professional Group – all staff members are

required to work in accordance with their professional group’s code of

conduct.

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Be aware of, and comply with employment legislation and codes of good

practice.

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Be aware of, and comply with, all company and practice infection

prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene,

environmental and food hygiene.

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Report any significant events within the time frame set out in the

company policy.

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Follow current MEP and local guidance with regard to Community

pharmacy issues and alerts.

Team Working

● Work as part of the community pharmacy team

and wider team of healthcare professionals, fielding queries and offering

advice.

● Support and help develop colleagues and

other members of the community pharmacy team

● The post holder will be expected to work

flexibly according to team / clinical needs

IntraHealth is one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and

Community Care services. We serve a range of patients across our three

divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services

which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient medication reviews and

childhood immunisation programmes.

We also provide management and clinical support to other GP practices

and NHS bodies. We

are a well-established organisation having provided NHS services since the

company was founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs),

Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and

local administration teams supported by a centralised back office function;

providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis support.

We operate NHS services across the Northeast, Northwest and Yorkshire.

Skills and Abilities

Qualifications

Experience

Attitudes