Responsible Pharmacist

PTS provides a simple and unobtrusive method for recording responsible pharmacist and displaying this information to patients, wards and in a dedicated RP timeline report.

Prerequisites

To become responsible pharmacist

There are a few rules that a user must conform to to become a responsible pharmacist.

1. Their professional registration number must be added to their user profile.
2. Their SETRESPONSIBLE permission should be set appropriately.

While not strictly necessary if using barcode scanners, it makes sense that the user would also be able to see the responsible pharmacist notice (as below) as this is another way to become the RP.

To see the responsible pharmacist notice

1. The SHOWRESPONSIBLE permission should be set to Yes for the user so they can see (and optionally interact with) the responsible pharmacist notice on-screen.
2. In the user's dispensaries list, Show Stats should be enabled for the dispensary in question (indicated by the icon). If this needs to be adjusted you should just remove all the dispensaries from the list and re-add them.

Keep in mind that both of these things are still a factor when it comes to whether the outpatient/collection status screens display the notice - make sure the user account that powers the screen has the permissions set.

The outpatient/collection status screen meets the legal requirement to display the current responsible pharmacist to the public, and should be the only form of public notice a pharmacy needs.

Setting a responsible pharmacist

On-screen

The responsible pharmacist notice. The buttons on the right correspond to your SETRESPONSIBLE permissions.

The simplest way to become or to assign a responsible pharmacist is via the responsible pharmacist notice on the home page.

Depending on your SETRESPONSIBLE permissions, you'll be shown buttons to record yourself or another user as the responsible pharmacist.

If the responsible pharmacist panel is totally missing from the home page, ensure that your SHOWRESPONSIBLE permission is set to Yes. If this is the very first time in the life of your PTS 5 installation that a responsible pharmacist is being recorded, you may have to use the barcode scanner option, even if just for one time.

Barcode scanner

The responsible pharmacist barcodes are printed from the Dispensaries setup page.

Simply scan your user code, followed by the responsible pharmacist barcode to become the responsible pharmacist for the specified dispensary.

Stop being responsible pharmacist

There are three ways to stop being the responsible pharmacist:

1. When someone else becomes the responsible pharmacist for the dispensary.
2. Click the "end responsible pharmacist" button in the responsible pharmacist panel on-screen.
3. Record any prescription unrelated activity (e.g. End of Shift).

Responsible Pharmacist Report

The Responsible Pharmacist Summary report is available from the Activity Reports section.