Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes
- Monitor imprest stock against requirements
- Establish needs to replenish stock and determine quantity from specified minimum and maximum levels
- Use appropriate technology to complete stock checks and generate picking lists of requisition items
- Check that requisition lists comply with operating procedures and department requirements
- Identify and report deviations to an authorised person according to scope of own job role
- Select and dispatch stock
- Obtain clearance for orders from authorised person
- Select requisitioned products and place into appropriate delivery containers
- Interpret information in pharmacy management systems, complete accurate transactions and generate packing slip
- Store and pack completed requisitions within the pharmacy prior to delivery
- Deliver stock to designated areas
- Check and confirm accuracy of stock placement
- Store stock according to manufacturers’ recommended storage conditions
- Ensure an authorised person verifies, checks and signs for medicines on receipt where required
- Complete documentation process
- Complete and file documentation according to required procedures
- Collate medicines usage information and record statistics for authorised person
- Update imprest lists, based on stock usage and medicines inventory changes in liaison with relevant staff
- Report changes to stock usage that may impact on stock control to an authorised person