Pharmacy Assistant

5 months ago

Spalding, United Kingdom Opl Enterprises Ltd Full time

**Purpose**: To provide an efficient and courteous service to all patients, whilst working within the Standard Operating Procedures as set out by the Pharmacy. Duties & Responsibilities: Open up premises at the start of the day when first to arrive and make all necessary preparations to receive patients. When last to leave at the end of the day, ensure that the pharmacy is totally secured and internal lights are off. Process paper and EPS prescriptions in line with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), ensuring the items are fully labelled and ready to be checked by the pharmacist.

Process prescriptions generated via the Golden Tote scheme. Query prescription issues with the patients GP Practice including advising of alternatives for out of stock items. Hand out prescriptions to patients checking exemption certificates and following SOPs, offering medication advice and answering patient queries as necessary and referring to the pharmacist as appropriate. Assist the pharmacist in carrying out a Controlled Drug stock check as required.

Process MDS trays following pharmacy SOPs for those patients in need. Give patients advice on products and services including GSL (general sale list) medicines and P (Pharmacy) medicines, referring to the pharmacist as appropriate. Put OTC, retail and prescription sales through the till via cash or card payment. Cash up daily including printing till reports, doing end of day banking on card machine and rectifying any till discrepancies.

Advise the Finance Administrator when further change is required for the till. Maintain adequate stock levels of drugs, retail and OTC items within the pharmacy, ordering as required (paying attention to costing) and checking all invoices against stock received. Rotating stock to ensure short-dated lines are used first. Ensure prescriptions are endorsed correctly, overleaf completed by patient, counted, recorded and filed ready to be sent to the PPA for reimbursement at the end of each month.

Enter data on Pharmoutcomes for NHS Services including vaccinations, emergency contraception (EHC), methadone supervised consumption and minor ailments. Check retrievals area every 2 months for uncollected prescriptions. Conduct date checks and remove out of date stock on a monthly basis. Dispose of returned medication in the DOOP bins, ensuring that the labels are placed in confidential waste and the cardboard in the recycling waste.

Together with the pharmacist, destruct Controlled Drugs in accordance with SOPs and national guidelines. Maintain confidentiality at all times in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations including information relating to The Ridings Medical Group patients. Collect and record petty cash in line with pharmacy policy. Take part in an annual Performance and Development review as required by the Pharmacy.

Working in accordance with the Pharmacy SOPs at all times. Providing cover for holidays and sickness to ensure continuation of the service. This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation. You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties, which may be requested from time-to-time.

Work safely at all times in accordance with legislation requirement and pharmacy policy and procedures.

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