70160R Operational Management of Clinical Pharmacy Services: Unit 4 Task 2 (BTEC Level 4 Diploma)
Operational Management of Clinical Pharmacy Services
| Qualification | BTEC Level 4 Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Services and Therapeutics |
| Unit number and title | Unit 4 – 70160R Operational Management of Clinical Pharmacy Services |
| Learning aim(s) (For NQF only) | n/a |
| Assignment title | Operational Management of Clinical Pharmacy Services |
| Assessor | Individual to Learner |
| Hand out date | n/a |
| Hand in deadline | Please see student submission timetable for hand in date. |
Vocational Scenario or Context
The aim of this unit is to develop the learner’s understanding of the operational elements of clinical pharmacy services.
This unit focuses on the principles of law, ethics and local and national guidelines used to support service delivery in clinical practice. It also aims to reflect on operational management skills and introduce the learner to quality management by applying standards to work practices.
Task 2
Using national policies and guidelines for delivering pharmacy clinical services, select one of the following most relevant to your own clinical practice:
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Controlled drugs: safe use and management
- Local formulary development
- Managing medicines in care homes
- Medicines Optimisation
- Waste reduction
- Patient group directions
- Medicines reconciliation
- New Medicines Service
- Pharmacotherapy Service
- Medicines administration
- Vaccination Services
- Inhaler decarbonisation
- Own choice (discuss with your course tutor a pharmacy clinical service not included here for consideration to meet the criteria requirements for the Unit 4 assignment)
Describe your own local workplace protocols and practices for your chosen clinical pharmacy service in conjunction with the national guidelines, policies or frameworks selected. Analyse the impact of clinical governance on your own clinical pharmacy service provision.
Evaluate the impact of the chosen service and how effective your organisational procedures are, and recommend areas for improvement in relation to your chosen clinical pharmacy service.
Include supporting visual information in your assignment, for example tables, diagrams, graphs or clinical pictures.
Your assignment should be referenced using the Harvard Referencing System. Any visuals used should be clearly referenced and placed in the appendix. Maintain objectivity and academic integrity throughout your work.
Suggested word count: 2000
Checklist of Evidence Required: 2000-Word (Suggested) Assignment
Criteria covered by this task:
| Unit/Criteria reference | To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: |
|---|---|
| 2.1 | Analyse the impact of clinical governance on own clinical pharmacy services |
| 2.2 | Evaluate the effectiveness of organisational procedures supporting the management of clinical pharmacy services |
| 2.3 | Recommend areas for improvement within the management of own clinical pharmacy services |
| 3.1 | Describe the current national policies, guidelines and service frameworks which govern own clinical pharmacy services |
| 3.2 | Evaluate the impact that current national policies, guidelines and service frameworks have on own clinical pharmacy services |
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