Pharmacist

Title:Pharmacist

Duration: One Year

Location: Northamptonshire (100% Onsite)

IR35 Determination: Inside

RTW: Must hold valid UK RTW, sponsorship not provided

Hours:15 hrs/week, Wednesday & Thursday, 14:00–22:00

Job Description:

Long-term locum position in a cleanroom-style warehouse environment with the UK’s largest homecare pharmacy dispensing site.

Ideal for pharmacists looking for part-time work (Wed & Thurs, 14:00–22:00). Open to newly qualified applicants.

The Homecare Pharmacist is responsible for:

• Physical checking of all prescriptions and orders (PD, HHD and Nutrition MCB) that contain POM & P (Prescription Only Medicines & Pharmacy medicines) and ancillary items before their dispatch from NDC to patients
• Ensuring that pharmacy patient dispensing processes are compliant with :
• GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council)
• RPS (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
• Pharmacy Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
• Good Warehousing Practices (GWP)
• Corporate Quality Manual & ISO standards.
• Ensuring all Standards and Guidelines issued by the GPhC and the RPS are met and are implemented as part of their practice.
• Ensuring the appropriate clinical and governance arrangements as set out in the RPS standards for homecare services are in place.
• Being the Responsible Pharmacist (RP) when appointed by the Lead Pharmacist and or Superintendent Pharmacist.
• Training and/or advising any relevant personnel across all business function in pharmacy & legal requirements.
• Supervising Locum Pharmacists, Pharmacy Checkers, warehouse pickers and loaders.
• Supervising Customer Service staff for both MCB and Renal order placement and arranging deliveries.

Education:

• Membership of GPhC
• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Experience:

• Ability to work on own initiative
• Experience in supervising staff
• Expert knowledge of good dispensing and distribution practice
• Ability to deal with unpredictable workload
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work under a changing shift pattern