Senior Pharmacy Technician - Quality Management, Band 6

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Key Result Areas: Quality Management Working alongside the Senior Pharmacy Technician for Procurement, Distribution & Stores, and the Chief Pharmacy Technician and the wider Quality Management Team to; - Be responsible for a wide range of duties to maintain compliance to the Trusts MHRA WDA Licence at GRH - To ensure that GDP processes are implemented and followed in all relevant areas of pharmacy, ensuring that Pharmacy is inspection-ready at all times. - To initiate, peer review and maintain records of all CAPA and initiate/assist with the review of all Change Controls relevant to the Trusts MHRA WDA activity - To conduct Internal and External Audits as part of compliance checks - To maintain the Action Log of QMG meetings. - To maintain all Technical Agreements with third-party suppliers/ contractors as part of WDA - To complete and maintain all supplier bonafide checks in-line with MHRA guidance Environmental Monitoring - Responsible, with Pharmacy Clinical Apps team, for monitoring/managing the Pharmacy Temperature monitoring system following routine schedule to ensure that early detection of future temperature excursions is possible. - Responsible for responding to ad hoc temperature alarms/excursions and subsequent corrective/preventative action(s).

• Responsible for all temperature mapping exercises involved in WDA activity including transit validation. - Responsible for the calibration/validation of all new equipment relating to WDA activity. Facilities Management - Act as facilities lead for the Pharmacy Site ensuring all contracts for equipment and servicing are kept up to date and fit for purpose, including arranging service visits, monitoring expiry and dealing with control of contractors as required. - Responsible for scheduling all routine maintenance of key equipment within Pharmacy and maintaining records of this.
• Liaising with and notifying staff when planned maintenance is due to take place. - To be the first point of contact with Estates & Facilities (GMS) to ensure that all critical facilities within pharmacy are maintained. - To ensure that Pharmacy is compliant with all relevant HSE/ChemRegs recommendations/legislation (such as safe use of Liquid Nitrogen). To include being the first point of contact for annual inspection by HSE.
• To be one of the COSHH Leads/Trainers for Pharmacy at GRH. - Attend department H&S meetings. Also to act as Vice-Chair for these meetings. Medical Gases - Manage the work plan for the Medical Gas Committee, acting as support to Chief Pharmacist and committee; building agenda, writing minutes & ensuring minutes available and chasing actions as necessary.
• Liaise with Portering Services and other hospital areas with regard issues relating to medical gases. - To ensure Pharmacy compliance with all relevant legislation and effective systems are in place for the ordering, tracking and retrieval of medical gases. - Member of the Medical Gas Committee. - Review & report related DATIX incidents and support improvement activities - Support and report audit of key standards in delivery of gases as medicines - Undertake financial reporting, tracking use and expenditure against GHT budget - Work with GHT clinical teams to improve stock management, sustainability and reduce wastage.

Project Work - Provide project leadership or support on a range of Pharmacy Projects for example: Medical Gas cylinder management project Ad hoc project support Support data input and analysis across a broad range of specialities within Pharmacy Dispensary Under the supervision of the Senior Pharmacy Technician or nominated deputy: - Final accuracy Check a variety of prescriptions types according to agreed Job Plan. - Dispensing for In-patients, out-patients and patients that are going home (including Controlled Drugs), according to standard operating procedures. - Handing out completed outpatient prescriptions to patients or their representatives, according to standard operating procedures, including providing straightforward advice on further supply and common dosages. - Ensure that any out-of-date items are removed from the Pharmacy Stock.

• Supervises and trains new staff members and student/ apprentice technicians.

• Responsible for all temperature mapping exercises involved in WDA activity including transit validation. - Responsible for the calibration/validation of all new equipment relating to WDA activity. Facilities Management - Act as facilities lead for the Pharmacy Site ensuring all contracts for equipment and servicing are kept up to date and fit for purpose, including arranging service visits, monitoring expiry and dealing with control of contractors as required. - Responsible for scheduling all routine maintenance of key equipment within Pharmacy and maintaining records of this.
• Liaising with and notifying staff when planned maintenance is due to take place. - To be the first point of contact with Estates & Facilities (GMS) to ensure that all critical facilities within pharmacy are maintained. - To ensure that Pharmacy is compliant with all relevant HSE/ChemRegs recommendations/legislation (such as safe use of Liquid Nitrogen). To include being the first point of contact for annual inspection by HSE.
• To be one of the COSHH Leads/Trainers for Pharmacy at GRH. - Attend department H&S meetings. Also to act as Vice-Chair for these meetings. Medical Gases - Manage the work plan for the Medical Gas Committee, acting as support to Chief Pharmacist and committee; building agenda, writing minutes & ensuring minutes available and chasing actions as necessary.
• Liaise with Portering Services and other hospital areas with regard issues relating to medical gases. - To ensure Pharmacy compliance with all relevant legislation and effective systems are in place for the ordering, tracking and retrieval of medical gases. - Member of the Medical Gas Committee. - Review & report related DATIX incidents and support improvement activities - Support and report audit of key standards in delivery of gases as medicines - Undertake financial reporting, tracking use and expenditure against GHT budget - Work with GHT clinical teams to improve stock management, sustainability and reduce wastage