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Training & Supervision

• To lead, develop and maintain the delivery of all grades of pharmacy technical staff training

• Ensure training is provided for all pharmacy technical staff including new and existing staff.

• Ensure training is provided for staff rotating into the unit and visiting students.

• Be a CPD facilitator and encourage and help registered staff to take part in continuing professional development

• Act as an A1 National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Assessor to review work performance of students and Assistant Technical Officers and ensure standardisation of NVQ units

• Act as Educational Supervisor for Pre and In-Process Checking (PIPC) national checking accreditation scheme.

• Motivate, manage and support staff undergoing training

• Agree staff training objectives with senior staff and managers

• Advise senior managers on pharmacy technical staff induction and training issues

• Agree competencies for pharmacy technical staff with appropriate managers

• Manage and assess pre-registration pharmacy technicians and science manufacturing technicians for NVQ level 3 qualifications leading to registration with their professional body and assist them in gaining their qualification using a range of education methods.

• Manage and assess senior pharmacy assistants and pharmacy assistants for NVQ level 2 qualifications (pharmacy services or science manufacturing process operative) and assist them in gaining their qualification

• Responsible for training, mentoring, supervising and countersigning trainee NVQ assessors who are working towards their A1 qualification.

• Hold regular NVQ Assessor standardisation meetings to ensure all assessors follow latest guidelines and best practice and develop the team of assessors for future requirements

• Lead and participate in competency assessing pharmacy assistants according to in-house standards.

• Attend training courses to ensure skills, knowledge and practice are current and recommend such courses to other staff.

• Produce departmental induction paperwork used by all new starters.

• Produce material for assessing competencies for technical staff group. This includes exams for national accreditation courses. e.g. PIPC/PAAP/ACPT

• Co-ordinate and ensure statutory and mandatory training is undertaken by all pharmacy technical staff.

• To monitor the validation status of all production staff to ensure that all routine validation procedures are organised.

• Tact and persuasive skills are required when advising staff of corrective action needed following any deficits in competency assessments

Organisation, Leadership and Management

• To play an active role in rota planning to ensure training issues are being addressed

• Lead and manage training and development of new and existing technical staff throughout the pharmacy manufacturing unit

• Responsible of organising and overseeing induction programme for new technical staff

• Assist in organising time tables for vacation placement and other students

• Co-ordinate the assessments/exams of candidates for relevant training courses and accreditations

• Co-ordinate regular training sessions for all technical staff

•  Manage all Assessors and Educational Supervisors. Communicate changes and development. Organise regular meeting for updates and standardisation

• Interview as part of recruitment and selection processes as required by the Production Manager

• To participate in appraising members of the team

Service Delivery

• Aseptically prepare products within a strictly controlled environment following validated methods and standard operating procedures 

• • cytotoxic intravenous additives (including trial material and intrathecal injections)
  • adult parenteral nutrition (PN)
  • other aseptic products made under the section 10 exemption of the Medicines Act

• Demonstrate and maintain aseptic competence by successfully completing broth validation every 3 months

• To receive cytotoxic prescriptions, and help to co-ordinate workload outside the clean room involving communication with clinical oncology pharmacy and nursing staff in chemotherapy clinic.

• Timely provision of patient treatment through prioritisation

• To generate worksheets & labels and assemble raw materials for all aseptically prepared products.

• Providing additional checks on syringe volumes for cytotoxic and PN products

• Perform pre-process checks on ingredients and worksheets

• To perform pre and in-process checks in clean rooms

• Undertake the final check / release of products prepared under section 10 exemption of the Medicines Act 1968 under the supervision of the Accountable Pharmacist

• Undertake checking of outsourced dispensed items

• To undertake the role of clean room supervisor as required

• Promote Good Manufacturing Practice so to ensure the provision of a safe effective and efficient service is maintained

• Participate in clinical trials

• To print paperwork of Adult PN, liaising with the nutrition team pharmacist, and perform paperwork checks

• To undertake dispensing and labelling of outsourced drugs

• To be able to perform any other more junior job role as required ensuring continuity of service.

• Handle complex, sensitive information e.g. patient data including diagnosis and treatment regimens, in a confidential, professional manner with efficiency, tact and diplomacy, ensuring compliance with data protection legislation and information governance.