PCN Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PCN Pharmacy Technician to join our ever-expanding team within Tadcaster and Selby Rural PCN working within the Practices.

Tadcaster and Selby Rural (TaSR) PCN are a well established 3 Practice PCN with approximately 32,000 patients, covering the large geographical area surrounding Tadcaster, Sherburn-in-Elmet and South Milford.

The right candidate should be caring, dedicated and compassionate. They will also need an open and flexible attitude towards working with a variety of different patient needs. Good written and verbal communication skills as well as strong time and case management abilities are also needed.

The Pharmacy Technician will play an important role within the Practice and complement the more clinical work of the PCN Pharmacists, through the utilisation of their technical skillset. General tasks will include important audits, discharge management, prescription issuing, and other work generated by the PCN Practices and Pharmacists.

The post holder will be supported by Clinical Pharmacists working for the other Practices within the PCN.

The successful candidate should have a passion and drive for providing high quality and personalised care. General Practice experience is desirable but not essential. The postholder will be required to enrol on the General Practice Pharmacy Technician Training Pathway from CPPE if not already completed.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will be to support the PCN Practices with all aspects of medicines optimisation and reconciliation. The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide expertise in the medicine's aspects of the role. They will work directly alongside GP's, Advanced Clinical Practitioners as well as other AHP's employed across the PCN.

The carrying out of medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicines administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation.

Support the Clinical Pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews and outcomes.

Support the PCN Practices to achieve local QoF, QIPP and other locally commissioned services including the enhanced service.

Supporting initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Support any national vaccination program in a clinical capacity (covid vaccinations).

Telephone medicines support

Management of medicines in a care home setting

Reviewing of safer prescribing and prescribing safety alerts.

Support care homes with medication requests and management of ERD's.

Undertaking clinical audits and reporting findings back to the wider Practice and PCN team.

The postholder should have an understanding of the wider health, social, economic and environmental factors impacting patients. An appreciation of the nature of

Primary Care prescribing, concepts of safe prescribing and strategies to improve prescribing.

About us

The Clinical Pharmacy contract will be held by South Milford Surgery on behalf of Tadcaster and Selby Rural PCN. The successful candidate/s may be working in one or all of the PCN Practices (South Milford Surgery, Tadcaster Medical Centre and Sherburn Group Practice).

The PCN works over 3 Practice sites, has 1 Clinical Director and is managed by the Practice Managers and PCN Manager.

The post holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the PCN as part of this employment, to include participation in an annual performance review, ongoing continuous professional development, learning and performance.

The postholder will support the quality, diversity and rights of the patient, careers and colleagues to include acting in a way that recognises the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures, policies and legislation. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients carers.