Simulated workplace
Department
Pharmacy
Dispenses prescriptions, packs medications for aged care and home care clients, supplies imprest stock to the treatment rooms, manages the vaccine fridges and cold chain, and gives medicines information to the clinical team.
Responsibilities
What the team is accountable for
- Dispense and check prescriptions and medication orders
- Order, receive and store pharmaceutical stock
- Maintain imprest and emergency drug supplies
- Pack dose administration aids for care clients
- Monitor fridges, expiry dates and scheduled medicines
Performance measures
How we know it is working
0 this quarter
Dispensing errors reaching patients
1.8%
Imprest items out of stock
1 this year
Fridge temperature excursions
People
Who works here
SN
Samuel Nakamura-Reid
Pharmacist in Charge
Samuel runs the pharmacy, the imprest supply and the cold chain, supervises the pharmacy technicians and has been at Lakeside for five years.
Systems
Where the work is recorded
Pharmacy Stock, Imprest and Cold Chain
Manages pharmaceutical stock levels, imprest supply to the treatment rooms and dental clinic, expiry tracking, scheduled medicine control and fridge monitoring.
Clinical Incident and Hazard Register
Records clinical incidents, near misses, medication and specimen errors, staff injuries, privacy breaches and hazards with a severity rating, review status and actions.
Scenarios
Assessment tasks in this department
Documents