Senior Pharmacy Technician - Cancer and Technical Services
Technical Services Assists with managing the workload and co-ordinating the workflow for sterile (cytotoxicreconstitution and CIVAS) and non-sterile (training pharmacist non-sterile dispensingaccreditation) in the technical services unit to help maintain a safe and responsive service.Liaising with Chemotherapy day unit staff of all grades to support the work flow.Assist with generating reports on technical services unit performance (quality, safety andefficiency) according to local standards including dispensing errors and other incidents.Assists with departmental drug expenditure system for cancer services.Maintains effective communication links with Principal Pharmacist, Principal Technician andQuality Assurance Manager to ensure practices reflect adherence to GMP and section 10requirements, Health and Safety legislation, COSHH and Trust Medicines Policy.Helps to ensure that all legal and procedural requirements are met and that all records aremaintained.Assists with writing and maintenance of all standard operating procedures for workprocesses in technical services in collaboration with QA and Principal Pharmacist or Technicianand advises staff to support their professional functions.Participates in technical services dispensing and accredited checking schemes according tostandard operating procedures.
To take part in Medicines Management to provide information to patients and take drughistories as required on Chemotherapy Day Unit.To help ensure that all technical services activities are compliant with GMP principles, Section10 requirements and medicines legislation.Dispenses injections and infusions for (e.g. chemotherapy, CIVAS , Clinical trial materials)under aseptic conditions to all required standards.Issues systemic anti-cancer therapy prescriptions to the designated systemic anti-cancertherapy nursing staff.Helps to maintain good stock control by ensuring stock checks are completed on a daily basisand investigates and corrects discrepancies according to local procedure.Assists with the generation, maintenance and development of monthly performanceindicators and data for technical services unit including error monitoring, CQUINS, monthlyworkload statistics and capacity planning and provides interpretation and remedial actions tocorrect variation in performance.
Report these to relevant senior staff where necessary.Assists with accurate booking out of medicines on the pharmacy computer system.Helps to co-ordinate drug and non-drug orders and liaises with purchasing and stores staffwith regard to stock problems Assist with development and creation of new worksheets on the EPISYS systemParticipates in Quality Assurance initiatives associated with the technical services unitincluding assisting with environmental monitoring, equipment and cleaning.
Participates in technical and cancer services developments to manage demand and improveservice provision including gathering information and project work Assist with ordering and maintenance of stock of all medicines and consumables required bytechnical services unit and ensures that these are used efficiently within available resources.Help to ensure that all equipment (e.g. isolators and air handling unit) is operating to therequired standard.Holds accreditation for or is working towards accreditation for checking worksheets forsystemic anti-cancer therapy that is compounded in the technical services unit Deputises for the Lead Technician in their absence.
Staff Management Supervises staff working in Technical Services unit (technicians, assistants, pre-regpharmacists and PTPTS (Pre-reg technicians) including induction and performance appraisal ofrelevant staff and day to day problem solving.Assists with the deployment of staff in the technical services unit including contribution toweekly rotas and approval of annual leave and lieu time in the absence of the PrincipalTechnician.Assists with managing performance and all other human resource issues for technicians andassistants working in Technical services.
Training and development Ensure that all technical services and rotational staff in the technical services unit receiveappropriate induction, on-going training and validation which includes GMP and proceduresrelating to dispensing and compounding of products and maintenance of the unit.Undertakes day to day training, supervision and assessment of Pre-reg TechniciansAssists with training, supervision and assessment of Pharmacists rotating through technicalservices.Helps maintain records to demonstrate that staff operate to defined SOPS Helps identify training needs for technicians, allocation of training (study days).
Participates in and implements departmental CPD and personal development initiatives. Other duties Participates in recruitment and selection of pharmacy technicians and assistants. Participation in all PDRS and PDPS systemsDispensary cover as requiredParticipation in weekend and bank holiday duties (dispensary based) and late duty.Maintenance of an up to date CPD portfolio Undertake any other duties agreed with the Lead Pharmacist/Technician Cancer andTechnical Services or Chief Pharmacist.