Job summary
Are you looking for a new and interesting role in Primary Care?...
Due to the success of integrating the Pharmacy Technician role into our Practices, we are looking to grow our team and are recruiting a Lead Pharmacy Technician to work among the Practices of Regis Healthcare PCN.
This is a brand new role in which you would be joining a growing, supportive medicines management team in a large PCN.
The successful candidate will join the Regis Healthcare PCN team of established Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians working across the six practices in Bognor Regis:
- Arundel Surgery
- Avisford Medical Group
- Bersted Green Surgery
- Bognor Regis Medical Practice
- The Croft Practice
- Flansham Park Health Centre
Additional Information:
Requests for part time, flexible hours or fixed working patterns will be considered however, the successful candidate must be able to commit to a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
This is a new role for Regis Healthcare PCN. It combines patient-facing, analytical and administrative elements of work, alongside leading a team of Pharmacy Technicians, to ensure the achievement of PCN targets.
The post-holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by communicating changes to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes, promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. In addition, they will lead the pharmacy team, ensuring they have the skills and competencies required of the role.
The successful candidate will be supported in terms of learning and professional development through regular access to a Clinical Pharmacist supervisor, other Practice staff and through regular Practice team meetings on a variety of topics. As part of a growing Pharmacy Technician Team in IPC there is also a programme of peer support events and team meetings in place.
About us
IPC is an innovative and ethical company providing high quality, integrated, patient-focused NHS services. We achieve this by harnessing the collective knowledge, skills, experience and energy of our clinicians and staff. If you believe in the importance and effectiveness of providing excellent care where patients need it and would like to apply to join us in this role, we'd love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Pharmacy Technician Responsibilities:
- Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed
- Stream general prescription requests and send appropriate work to the reception teams, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
- Assist patients with responses to medication queries
- Promote Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering, as appropriate to patient and practice needs
- Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reduce medication wastage, liaising with patients as needed
- Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings
- Help to organise and run various systems for the delivery of QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
- Review and develop policies in line with CQC compliance
- Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team, including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health
- Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs, including effective signposting, record updates and relate communication
- Through the use of audit and action planning, help to tackle health inequalities
- Undertake the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
Team Leader Responsibilities:
- Create a supportive culture by encouraging innovation and ideas for improvement through continuous review, quality and service improvements
- Promote and facilitate an active and positive learning environment to enable others to achieve their potential, particularly by encouraging and supporting reflective practice
- Facilitate opportunities for team members to learn from each other (e.g. through improved communication, team meetings, shadowing, etc)
- Support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist with the creation and delivery of integrated and personalised care models that promote continuity of care for patients with long-term-conditions and complex needs
- Support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist with clinical audits through collection and use of process and prescribing data to support quality improvement projects and initiatives
- Support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist with the development of policy and procedures to improve quality of structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation
- Support with the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings
- Provide on-hand support for technicians to resolve queries and support them opportunistically with their learning
- Liaise with the PCN manager and projects manager regarding targets, team achievement, projects etc
- Organise and chair regular team meetings to ensure the team is kept informed and up to date with information relating to its role, PCN Projects and PCN targets
The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Pharmacy Technician Responsibilities:
- Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed
- Stream general prescription requests and send appropriate work to the reception teams, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
- Assist patients with responses to medication queries
- Promote Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering, as appropriate to patient and practice needs
- Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reduce medication wastage, liaising with patients as needed
- Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings
- Help to organise and run various systems for the delivery of QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
- Review and develop policies in line with CQC compliance
- Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team, including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health
- Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs, including effective signposting, record updates and relate communication
- Through the use of audit and action planning, help to tackle health inequalities
- Undertake the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
Team Leader Responsibilities:
- Create a supportive culture by encouraging innovation and ideas for improvement through continuous review, quality and service improvements
- Promote and facilitate an active and positive learning environment to enable others to achieve their potential, particularly by encouraging and supporting reflective practice
- Facilitate opportunities for team members to learn from each other (e.g. through improved communication, team meetings, shadowing, etc)
- Support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist with the creation and delivery of integrated and personalised care models that promote continuity of care for patients with long-term-conditions and complex needs
- Support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist with clinical audits through collection and use of process and prescribing data to support quality improvement projects and initiatives
- Support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist with the development of policy and procedures to improve quality of structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation
- Support with the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings
- Provide on-hand support for technicians to resolve queries and support them opportunistically with their learning
- Liaise with the PCN manager and projects manager regarding targets, team achievement, projects etc
- Organise and chair regular team meetings to ensure the team is kept informed and up to date with information relating to its role, PCN Projects and PCN targets
The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered Pharmacy Technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
- CPPE qualified with minimum of 18 months experience as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
- Good clinical pharmacy knowledge, including terminology
- Computer-literate (MS Office packages)
- Excellent organisation skills
- Excellent communication skills with ability to adjust to suit the audience
- Strong understanding of data protection and confidentiality
- Self-motivated and pro-active
Desirable
- Experience of using SystmOne or EMIS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered Pharmacy Technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
- CPPE qualified with minimum of 18 months experience as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
- Good clinical pharmacy knowledge, including terminology
- Computer-literate (MS Office packages)
- Excellent organisation skills
- Excellent communication skills with ability to adjust to suit the audience
- Strong understanding of data protection and confidentiality
- Self-motivated and pro-active
Desirable
- Experience of using SystmOne or EMIS
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
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
