Pharmacy Audit Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Job Summary

To plan an audit schedule to ensure all relevant audits are completed within prescribed timeframes with sufficient opportunity for corrective action and escalation as appropriate.

To carry out compliance audits in clinical areas with approved healthcare professionals against national standards and legal frameworks, using regionally-approved audit templates.

To formulate action plans and agree these with approved healthcare professionals to drive improvement within set timescales.

To monitor completion of agreed actions, respectfully challenging noncompletion, ascertaining appropriate support and escalating to senior level as appropriate.

To assess the impact of agreed actions on compliance against audited outcomes, agreeing further actions and escalating to senior level as appropriate.

To accurately input audit data into approved systems.

Through this role supports formulation of and adherence to the Medicines Management and Controlled Drug Policies whilst in pharmacy and on wards

To provide regular progress reports to the Lead Technicians for Medicines Safety & Governance.

To identify areas of concern during the audit process, and bring these to the attention of senior healthcare professionals, the Lead Technicians for Medicines Safety & governance, the Medicines Safety Officer and the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer as appropriate.

Dispensary based duties:

Carry out dispensing of drugs, medicated dressings, enteral feeds, and drug-related devices for outpatients, in-patients, and clinical trial patients, from the dispensary as required.

Give routine pharmaceutical advice to healthcare staff within limitations of the role, referring to a pharmacist if required.

To ensure in-process dispensing errors are recorded, and to participate in the Trust Incident Reporting process as appropriate.

Within limitations of the role, counsel all out-patients when issuing drugs, and in-patients as appropriate, in order to ensure the safe and effective use and storage of their medicines.

Monitor the continued suitability of pharmaceutical stock on wards and in departments and to arrange the appropriate removal/destruction in accordance with environmental regulations. Audits include checking stock and storage arrangements (stock checks will include checking inhaled anaesthetics supplies and flammable liquids)

Registered Pharmacy Technicians Only - undertake the final accuracy checking (as an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician ACPT) of dispensed prescriptions in the dispensary in accordance with pharmacy departmental policies and procedures. Ensure the timely and supportive notification to dispensers, of any error found when checking.

Special Requirements

The post holder will be required to undertake any other duties considered appropriate to the post and grade by the line manager.

The post-holder will have Warwick Hospital as their main base but may be required to work at and/or visit other hospitals in the Trust, or the Trusts we serve.

This job description does not form part of the contract of employment, is not exhaustive and serves as a guide to the main tasks, envisaged at the time of drafting. As such this job description will change and evolve in accordance with the Pharmacy Services needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC National certificate/NVQ level 3/City and Guilds or equivalent
• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• OR Level 2 qualification in Pharmacy Services or equivalent, plus significant post-qualification experience and demonstrated learning to level 3 standard

Experience

Essential

• Hospital Pharmacy experience
• Leadership experience
• Management experience to support need for negotiating / challenging action plans.

Desirable

• Ward-level experience
• Aseptic services

Skills

Essential

• Basic computer skills
• Good communication skills (written and oral)
• Organisational Skills
• Accurate dispensing skills
• Accurate numeracy skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of all rotational technician roles including dispensary and ward-based duties

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Enthusiastic
• Motivated
• Reliable
• Team worker
• Good personal presentation
• Flexible
• Able to use initiative
• Able to deal with angry/upset/ill patients
• Able to create a rapport

Other

Essential

• Able to participate in weekend & Bank holiday working Committed to CPD (where appropriate) Able to travel around the county Requirement to stand/sit for long periods. Able to use a VDU Capable of occasional moderate lifting (<13kg) Able to observe COSHH

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Warwick Hospital

Lakin Road

Warwick

CV34 5BW

Employer's website

https://www.swft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)