Job summary
Pharmacy
Technician (PCN Medicines Optimisation)
Salary: £14.57 to £16.05 per hour, depending on experience
Hours: Up to full time 37.5 hours per
week
Part-time/Job-share would be
considered. Location: Cirencester
An exciting
opportunity has arisen at our established and busy practice for a Pharmacy
Technician. We value enthusiasm as well as experience and welcome interest from
both experienced applicants and passionate newly qualified starters.
Main duties of the job
This post will:
Support the functional role of prescribing and
medicines optimisation as a registered and qualified pharmacy technician.
Basic prescribing analysis using ePACT2
prescribing data.
Support the implementation of the PCN DES and
day-to-day general practice and promote high quality, cost-effective
prescribing in primary care.
You will need:
- Registration with the
General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), meeting the specific qualification
and training requirements specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a
Pharmacy Technician
- Demonstrable and
significant experience in primary care, hospital or community pharmacy.
- Willing to enrol on
the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further
details
About us
Phoenix Health Group cares for approx. 24,500 patients across five sites around the Cirencester and Tetbury area. We are an innovative practice with an excellent CQC rating for our older and younger persons patient care.
We are a well organised Practice with positive and supportive colleagues: GP Partners, salaried GPs, Allied Health Professionals including Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacist, First Contact Physiotherapist, Urgent Care Practitioners, Practice Nursing team alongside our management and administrative teams.
Benefits include: Paid Professional fees as appropriate. NHS Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, regular team meetings and biannual team morale building days & other social events.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: Pharmacy
Technician (PCN Medicines Optimisation)
REPORTS TO: Clinical
Pharmacist
Job Summary:
To promote high quality, cost-effective prescribing
in primary care, supporting the specifications within the PCN DES, such as
Structured Medication Reviews and Medicines Optimisation and others as they
commence and as determined by the PCN.
To undertake specific project work as required by
the PCN.
To support the functional role of prescribing and
medicines optimisation as a registered and qualified pharmacy technician.
Includes bespoke specialist advanced prescribing
support within the practice.
Basic prescribing analysis using ePACT2 prescribing
data.
Specific operational duties, especially in
emergency situations e.g. flu epidemics/pandemic (which involves managing the
centralised initial and ongoing allocation of antiviral medicines, vaccines.
Ensuring correct storage conditions are maintained at all times, assuring
maximum patient benefit and safety).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical
responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician:
undertake patient facing and patient supporting
roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision making
conversations with patients;
carry out medicines optimisation tasks including
effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting
medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise
consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use
their medicines effectively;
support, as determined by the PCN, medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation for new patients and synchronising
medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local
community pharmacists.
provide specialist expertise, where competent, to
address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including
lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health
inequalities;
take a central role in the clinical aspects of
shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex
patients;
support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship
to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing;
assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation
and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits;
support the implementation of national prescribing
policies and guidance within GP practices. This will be achieved through
undertaking clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality
improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and
enhanced services.
Technical and
Administrative responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician:
work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure
efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and
return processes, reducing wastage and
producing MAR sheets where needed;
Support practice reception teams in sorting and
streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical
pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests;
provide leadership for medicines optimisation
systems, supporting with a range of services to get the best value from
medicines by encouraging and implementing Electronic Prescriptions, safe repeat
prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and management of high-risk
medicines;
provide training and support on the legal, safe and
secure handling of medicines;
develop relationships with other pharmacy
technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support
integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including
primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.
Personal:
- Maintain good working
relationships;
- Take reasonable care of
his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by
his/her act or omission;
- Co-operate with the
practice team members to adhere to statutory regulations/policies, codes
of practice and safety rules.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: Pharmacy
Technician (PCN Medicines Optimisation)
REPORTS TO: Clinical
Pharmacist
Job Summary:
To promote high quality, cost-effective prescribing
in primary care, supporting the specifications within the PCN DES, such as
Structured Medication Reviews and Medicines Optimisation and others as they
commence and as determined by the PCN.
To undertake specific project work as required by
the PCN.
To support the functional role of prescribing and
medicines optimisation as a registered and qualified pharmacy technician.
Includes bespoke specialist advanced prescribing
support within the practice.
Basic prescribing analysis using ePACT2 prescribing
data.
Specific operational duties, especially in
emergency situations e.g. flu epidemics/pandemic (which involves managing the
centralised initial and ongoing allocation of antiviral medicines, vaccines.
Ensuring correct storage conditions are maintained at all times, assuring
maximum patient benefit and safety).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical
responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician:
undertake patient facing and patient supporting
roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision making
conversations with patients;
carry out medicines optimisation tasks including
effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting
medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise
consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use
their medicines effectively;
support, as determined by the PCN, medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation for new patients and synchronising
medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local
community pharmacists.
provide specialist expertise, where competent, to
address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including
lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health
inequalities;
take a central role in the clinical aspects of
shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex
patients;
support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship
to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing;
assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation
and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits;
support the implementation of national prescribing
policies and guidance within GP practices. This will be achieved through
undertaking clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality
improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and
enhanced services.
Technical and
Administrative responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician:
work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure
efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and
return processes, reducing wastage and
producing MAR sheets where needed;
Support practice reception teams in sorting and
streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical
pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests;
provide leadership for medicines optimisation
systems, supporting with a range of services to get the best value from
medicines by encouraging and implementing Electronic Prescriptions, safe repeat
prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and management of high-risk
medicines;
provide training and support on the legal, safe and
secure handling of medicines;
develop relationships with other pharmacy
technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support
integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including
primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.
Personal:
- Maintain good working
relationships;
- Take reasonable care of
his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by
his/her act or omission;
- Co-operate with the
practice team members to adhere to statutory regulations/policies, codes
of practice and safety rules.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), meeting the specific qualification and training requirements specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and ongoing commitment.
- Willing to enrol on the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable and significant post qualification experience as a technician in primary care, hospital or community pharmacy.
- Experience of audit.
- Working autonomously and as part of a team.
- Use of clinical IT systems.
- Competent user of Microsoft Office software.
Desirable
- Experience of working within primary care.
- Experience of project management.
- Working knowledge of E-pact2 and general GP practice computer systems.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral with the ability to communicate confidently.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
Desirable
- Experience of presenting.
- Proven record of effective use of networking and negotiation skills.
Qualities & Attributes & Other
Essential
- Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
- Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi skilled team across a number of sites.
- Able to work under pressure, remaining professional at all times
- Good time management and ability to work to deadlines and plan and prioritise effectively.
- Flexible to meet the demands of the post and the ability to adapt to a changing environment.
- Trustworthy
- Self-motivated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), meeting the specific qualification and training requirements specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and ongoing commitment.
- Willing to enrol on the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable and significant post qualification experience as a technician in primary care, hospital or community pharmacy.
- Experience of audit.
- Working autonomously and as part of a team.
- Use of clinical IT systems.
- Competent user of Microsoft Office software.
Desirable
- Experience of working within primary care.
- Experience of project management.
- Working knowledge of E-pact2 and general GP practice computer systems.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral with the ability to communicate confidently.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
Desirable
- Experience of presenting.
- Proven record of effective use of networking and negotiation skills.
Qualities & Attributes & Other
Essential
- Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
- Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi skilled team across a number of sites.
- Able to work under pressure, remaining professional at all times
- Good time management and ability to work to deadlines and plan and prioritise effectively.
- Flexible to meet the demands of the post and the ability to adapt to a changing environment.
- Trustworthy
- Self-motivated
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
