Job summary
Located in the picturesque market town
Uppingham, situated just off the A47 Uppingham Surgery is seeking to recruit a
Pharmacy Technician, supporting our practice team and our 13,000 registered
patients alongside our wider Rutland Health PCN colleagues.
Main duties of the job
What the role involves:
Undertaking medicines reconciliation in line with
practice protocols and standard operating procedures to improve the efficiency
and effectiveness of prescriptions and repeat prescriptions.
Responding to patients questions both face to face
and over the phone; referring problems or queries to clinical pharmacist team.
Participating in patient reviews and updating of
patient records via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in nursing
and residential care homes.
Checking the accuracy of medicines for
prescriptions.
Participating in medication audits and prescribing
monitoring
Providing advice and information to GPs, staff and
patients to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality,
cost-effectiveness and the appropriate use of medicines to get the best
outcomes for patients.
Assisting in the monitoring and management of
prescribing budgets and the preparation of evidence-based resources and
information that support cost-effective prescribing.
Keeping up to date with professional
responsibilities and CPD requirements.
About us
Benefits of working with Uppingham
Surgery:
Purpose built modern facilities
A highly supportive working environment focusing on your professional
and personal wellbeing
A practice with a patient-first approach to healthcare
Well-established and passionate management and Partnership setup and
active member of Rutland Health PCN
Auto-enrolment into the NHS pension scheme
Be part of our experienced and coherent team everyone has their part
to play
Job description
Job responsibilities
a.
Undertake patient facing and patient
supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared
decision-making conversations with patients
b.
Conduct medicine optimisation tasks
including effective medicine administration use (e.g., checking inhaler
technique) and medicines reconciliation.
c.
When required, utilise consultation skills
to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines
effectively
d.
Support, as determined by the organisation,
medication compliance reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home
patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care
settings and linking with local community pharmacists
e.
Provide specialist expertise, when
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
f.
Maintain a central role in the clinical
aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for
more complex patients
g.
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
h.
Assist in the delivery of MOF, DES and QOF
incentive schemes and patient safety audits supporting quality improvement
measures and contributing to positive patient outcomes
i.
Support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other
primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical
audits (e.g., use of antibiotics) and presenting at team meetings.
j.
Attend a formal appraisal with your manager
at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set,
progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be
agreed
k.
Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g.,
COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care
Job description
Job responsibilities
a.
Undertake patient facing and patient
supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared
decision-making conversations with patients
b.
Conduct medicine optimisation tasks
including effective medicine administration use (e.g., checking inhaler
technique) and medicines reconciliation.
c.
When required, utilise consultation skills
to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines
effectively
d.
Support, as determined by the organisation,
medication compliance reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home
patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care
settings and linking with local community pharmacists
e.
Provide specialist expertise, when
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
f.
Maintain a central role in the clinical
aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for
more complex patients
g.
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
h.
Assist in the delivery of MOF, DES and QOF
incentive schemes and patient safety audits supporting quality improvement
measures and contributing to positive patient outcomes
i.
Support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other
primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical
audits (e.g., use of antibiotics) and presenting at team meetings.
j.
Attend a formal appraisal with your manager
at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set,
progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be
agreed
k.
Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g.,
COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ3 Pharmacy Technician with registration with The General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ3 Pharmacy Technician with registration with The General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
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).
