Supervising Pharmacist - Mitchelstown

Sigmar Recruitment; Mitchelstown; On-site; EUR 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional leave

Bike to work scheme

Company pension

On-site parking

Sick pay

Bonus

Job summary

Mitchelstown Pharmacy in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland, is seeking a Supervising Pharmacist to ensure compliant dispensing and service delivery from Monday to Thursday. The role includes paperwork, quality reviews, accuracy checks and patient counselling, with a second pharmacist covering Fridays and Saturdays.

The pharmacy operates 9am–6pm, with 2 technicians and 3 OTC sales assistants, and offers a pathway to CPD and professional development in a busy community setting.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist compliant with Irish legislation.
• Dispensing of prescription medicines with accuracy.
• Patient counselling and ability to work with a team.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the Supervising Pharmacist for the Pharmacy.
• Generating all relevant paperwork and records and ensuring they are kept up to date.
• Dispensing prescription medicines for all customers.
• Performing clinical, pharmaceutical and order entry quality reviews of prescriptions.
• Performing an accuracy check on prescriptions prior to dispensing.
• Liaising with doctors to address queries arising from reviews and checks.
• Providing patient counselling services.
• Set-up and maintenance of a Locum back-up for holidays/absence.
• Participating in CPD and maintenance of professional status.
• Developing a culture of continuous quality improvement.
• Risk management of the quality system and processes.
• Review of change controls and regulatory compliance.
• Ensuring EHS and regulatory compliance.
• Ensuring smooth operation of the Retail Pharmacy to meet PSI requirements.
• Identifying and acting on corrective actions to improve quality and patient safety.

Job description

Supervising Pharmacist - Monday to Thursday

About Your New Employer

A busy pharmacy located in Mitchelstown County Cork.

Working Monday to Thursday, the Supervising Pharmacists responsible for ensuring that all prescription drug dispensing is carried out in accordance with Irish Legislation and Guidelines issued by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. The Supervising Pharmacists is also responsible for the day to day administration associates with the dispensing.

Shop opens from 9am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday. A second Pharmacist works Friday and Saturday, however some flexibility available and required. Working alongside 2 Pharmacy Technicians and 3 OTC Sales Assistants.

About Your New Job

The Supervising Pharmacist is accountable and responsible for the following activities, as relevant:

• Acting as the Supervising Pharmacist for the Pharmacy
• Generating all relevant paper work and records and ensuring that they are kept up to date and stored in accordance with the relevant pharmacy legislation
• Dispensing of prescription medicines for all customers
• Performing a clinical, pharmaceutical and order entry quality review of all prescriptions to ensure their appropriateness for treatment
• Performing an accuracy check on all prescriptions prior to them being prepared for dispensing to ensure that they are compliant with the relevant legislationLiaising with Customer doctor to address any queries that might arise as a result of the clinical and pharmacy review and the accuracy check
• Offering and providing patient counselling services to all patients receiving medicines
• Set-up and maintenance of a Locum back-up to cover periods of holidays/absence
• Participating in continuous professional development and maintenance of professional status and standards
• Developing a culture of continuous quality improvement within the retail pharmacy business
• Risk Management of the quality system and processes associated with the Pharmacy
• Review of process change controls associated with the Pharmacy
• Ensuring systems are in compliance with Regulatory requirements
• Complying with all relevant standards, as applicable
• Complying with Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) requirements
• Ensuring the system and operation of the pharmacy is in operated line with regulatory requirements and that any employees or contract staff work in line with these requirements
• Compliant and efficient running of the Retail Pharmacy, to meet business needs, and PSI requirements.
• Identifying and taking corrective and preventive actions on the Pharmacy and related processes, to improve quality, compliance and patient safety.

What's On Offer?

Salary: From €80,000.00+ per year

• Additional leave
• Bike to work scheme
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Bonus

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays