Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist at PCN level on the delivery of the new Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model

Carry out medicines switches in GP practices in line with practice and CCG agreed specific protocols reviewing patients records; amending records and informing patients

Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation

Improve prescribing processes in general practice

Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering

Report on key performance indicators for CPGP to demonstrate added value for patients and general practice in accordance with NICE guidance

Use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes

Work closely with GP practices and the CCG Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice lead

Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician within the CPGP model and to promote issues relevant to prescribing and medicines optimisation

Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g. CCG Medicines Optimisation team, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams.

Support the Medicines Optimisation team in the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation strategy

Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection Act; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct

To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines

To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits

To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice

Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within practices over an appropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result

To assist in the monitoring of prescribing expenditure at individual practice level and propose changes to ensure containment within identified resource

To undertake learning and development to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work

To carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
• Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with GPhC
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services
• BTEC Therapeutics

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of general practice and evidence based medicine
• Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
• Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data
• Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues
• Literate with Microsoft office

Desirable

• Computer Literate with GP Clinical Systems
• Understand the aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this for the Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice pilot sites
• Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
• Able to effectively manage allocated resources
• Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload to meet strict deadlines
• Influencing and negotiating skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Coastal PCN

Address

233A Brook Lane

Sarisbury Green

Southampton

Hampshire

SO31 7DQ

Employer's website

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