Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care across the Primary Care Network. This model is supported by national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View to better utilise the role of pharmacy professionals within the wider healthcare team. Overarching goals are to help keep patients safe and well out of hospital and reduce the demands on general practice regards medicine use.

Pharmacy Technicians play an important role, complimenting clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. While Pharmacy Technicians do not prescribe nor make clinical decisions, they do work under supervision to ensure the effective and efficient use of medicines. In the PCN, their core responsibilities cover clinical, technical, and administrative roles.

The purpose of the role is to maximise safe, cost-effective, prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post-holder will help patients get the best from their medicines, use existing protocols to maximise cost-effective preparations, improve repeat prescribing processes (including use of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering), minimising clinical risk and reducing avoidable wasted medicines. As well, the post-holder will develop and encourage a positive culture of medicines optimisation principles to assist the PCN in achieving local and national medicines-related objectives.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of dispensary processes, controlled drugs legislation, and medication storage.
• Knowledge of pharmacy law, ethics, and current legislation.
• Understanding of national policies impacting medicine management.

Desirable

• Knowledge of medication optimization principles and rational prescribing.
• Familiarity with primary care prescribing.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Good computer literacy (including pharmacy systems and Microsoft Office).
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Manual dexterity and accuracy in dispensing.
• Good IT and administrative skills.

Desirable

• Experience in patient counselling.
• Experience in stock management and ward-based medicine delivery.
• Supervisory experience.

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC or NVQ Level three in Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
• Registered or eligible for registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC.

Desirable

• Accredited Checking Technician qualification.
• Experience in a hospital, community, or primary care pharmacy.

Personal Qualities & Attributes

Essential

• Honest, trustworthy, and able to maintain confidentiality.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Polite, confident, and professional demeanour.
• Enthusiastic and motivated.
• Ability to prioritize and manage workload effectively.

Desirable

• A positive "can-do" attitude.
• Strong team-building skills.
• Problem-solving abilities.
• Interest in people's health and providing excellent customer service.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

WOODVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

Address

Kingsthorpe Medical Centre

Eastern Avenue South

Northampton

NN2 7JN

Employer's website

https://www.woodviewmedicalcentre.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)