Job summary
We are looking for a skilled and reliable Pharmacy
Technician to join our supportive and friendly General Practice team. Our emphasis is keeping prescribing safe,
accurate and efficient, and you will play an important role in the supporting the
team. You will work closely with our
GPs, clinical pharmacist, 4 pharmacy technicians, nurses and administrative
staff, where everyone works together and communication is open and respectful.
The post is for 5 hours per week which may suit someone who already
works elsewhere and wishes to increase their hours.
The role would suit someone who enjoys being part of a team,
has an excellent eye for detail, takes pride in high quality work and is committed
to safe and consistent patient care.
Main duties of the job
To
work alongside the practice pharmacist to maximise safe, effective and
efficient systems to ensure best practice prescribing.
To
help patients get the best from their medicines through:
effective
medicines reconciliation after discharge and on other transfers of care,
medication
use reviews,
identification
of patients suitable for electronic repeat dispensing,
promotion
of online ordering,
reducing
waste,
providing
assurance of monitoring of high risk drugs, and
handling
of prescription queries within their areas of competence.
To
support the training of practice medicines co-ordinators to develop effective
pharmacy administration within the practice, especially with relation to repeat
prescribing systems and processes.
To encourage the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice team and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments.
About us
Culverhay Surgery is a well-established friendly GP training
practice located in Wotton under Edge, Berkeley and Frampton on Severn in
Gloucestershire.
The Culverhay ethos is very much based around continuity of care
and good team working to provide excellent, responsive patient care for our
18000 patients.
Our team consists of 4 partners (1 managing partner), 13 salaried GP's, a full mix of nurses, a senior clinical pharmacist, pharmacy
technicians, frailty care co-ordinators, social prescriber and practice
counsellors. Not forgetting our fantastic reception and admin team who work
very hard to minimise administrative burden for the clinical team.
Staff turnover is very low and the practice encourages feedback,
to help us create a happy supportive practice environment.
We
are a GP training practice (Severn Deanery) with 2 GP trainers. In addition, we
are a teaching practice (University of Bristol medical students and
UWE/University of Gloucestershire nursing students)
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the
practice pharmacist in ensuring safe and best practice prescribing.
To undertake medicines
reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and update patients
records accordingly. To include new care
home patients and the synchronization of medicines for transfer of care between
care settings.
To improve prescribing
processes and support the development and implementation of prescribing
policies and guidance.
To support the practice
pharmacist to provide medication reviews and patient information in different
formats as required according to the patients individual needs.
To promote electronic
repeat dispensing (eRD) and online ordering.
To provide advice
to GPs, staff and patients regarding changes to prescribing to support the
improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness.
To deliver training and support the development of
practice based medicines coordinators to improve co-ordination and effective
pharmacy administration within the practice.
To support the
practice reception team in streamlining prescription queries, allowing the
practice pharmacist to review the more complex requests.
To liaise with other
pharmacy stakeholders e.g. community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams.
To manage shared care protocols, liaising with the
practice pharmacist for complex patients.
To ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where
appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within the practice
over an appropriate time frame and to advice on any medication changes that
occur as a result.
To support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to
reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct
prescribing audits and to share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate
improvement and changes in practice.
To
produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness
projects throughout the year.
To use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the
position including incident reporting, medicines
optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes.
To support the
practice to deliver on prescribing Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
targets.
To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of
own workload to meet set deadlines.
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.
To 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the
practice pharmacist in ensuring safe and best practice prescribing.
To undertake medicines
reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and update patients
records accordingly. To include new care
home patients and the synchronization of medicines for transfer of care between
care settings.
To improve prescribing
processes and support the development and implementation of prescribing
policies and guidance.
To support the practice
pharmacist to provide medication reviews and patient information in different
formats as required according to the patients individual needs.
To promote electronic
repeat dispensing (eRD) and online ordering.
To provide advice
to GPs, staff and patients regarding changes to prescribing to support the
improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness.
To deliver training and support the development of
practice based medicines coordinators to improve co-ordination and effective
pharmacy administration within the practice.
To support the
practice reception team in streamlining prescription queries, allowing the
practice pharmacist to review the more complex requests.
To liaise with other
pharmacy stakeholders e.g. community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams.
To manage shared care protocols, liaising with the
practice pharmacist for complex patients.
To ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where
appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within the practice
over an appropriate time frame and to advice on any medication changes that
occur as a result.
To support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to
reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct
prescribing audits and to share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate
improvement and changes in practice.
To
produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness
projects throughout the year.
To use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the
position including incident reporting, medicines
optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes.
To support the
practice to deliver on prescribing Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
targets.
To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of
own workload to meet set deadlines.
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.
To 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC.
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences.
- Enrol in, be undertaking or be qualified from an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH).
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC.
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences.
- Enrol in, be undertaking or be qualified from an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH).
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
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.
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
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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.
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).