Pharmacy Technician
Townships 2 PCN
The closing date is 10 April 2025
Job summary
Townships 2
Primary Care Network are looking for a part - time Pharmacy Technician to work over three days to join our PCN in
Sheffield covering the S12/S13 area.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact. This role will provide
technical support, working alongside a team of four clinical pharmacists and
three Technicians. You will need to be flexible in your approach to work as
the role will be working across the Primary Care Network, which is made up of
five practices. You will be based at the Woodhouse Medical Practice but there may be some remote working also.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients
- Conduct medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation.
- Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients
- Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentiveschemes and patient safety audits
About us
We are a
friendly and supportive Primary Care Network situated in the Sheffield S12 and
S13 area who are committed to developing our staff to ensure we provide
excellent patient care to our community. With a patient list of 37,000 our pharmacy team are invaluable to us.
We reserve the right to close this
advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible
to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Pharmacy Technician is to undertake the following key responsibilities in
delivering health services.
- Undertake patient facing and
patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making
conversations with patients
- Conduct medicines
optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g., checking
inhaler technique), support medication reviews and medicines
reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with
patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively
- Support, as determined by Townships
2 PCN , medication reviews and
medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise
medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with
local community pharmacists
- Provide specialist expertise,
where 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
- Maintain a central role in
the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist
pharmacists for more complex patients
- Support initiatives for
antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
- Assist in the delivery of
medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits;
- 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), supporting
quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and
Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
- Work with the PCN’s multi-disciplinary
team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation including implementing
efficient ordering and return processes and reducing wastage
- Supervise practice reception
teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests so as to
allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex
requests
- Provide leadership for
medicines optimisation systems across PCNs, supporting practices with a
range of services to get the best value from medicines by encouraging
and implementing electronic prescriptions, safe repeat prescribing
systems and timely monitoring and management of high-risk medicines
- Provide training and support
on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the
implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
- Develop relationships with
other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the
multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team
across health and social care including primary care, community
pharmacy, secondary care and mental health
- Support delivery of QOF,
incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness
initiatives
- Undertake any tasks
consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role,
ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner
- Duties may vary from time to
time without changing the general character of the post or the level of
responsibility.
- There may be, on occasion, a
requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon
factors such as workload and staffing levels.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Pharmacy Technician is to undertake the following key responsibilities in
delivering health services.
- Undertake patient facing and
patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making
conversations with patients
- Conduct medicines
optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g., checking
inhaler technique), support medication reviews and medicines
reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with
patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively
- Support, as determined by Townships
2 PCN , medication reviews and
medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise
medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with
local community pharmacists
- Provide specialist expertise,
where 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
- Maintain a central role in
the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist
pharmacists for more complex patients
- Support initiatives for
antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
- Assist in the delivery of
medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits;
- 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), supporting
quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and
Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
- Work with the PCN’s multi-disciplinary
team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation including implementing
efficient ordering and return processes and reducing wastage
- Supervise practice reception
teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests so as to
allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex
requests
- Provide leadership for
medicines optimisation systems across PCNs, supporting practices with a
range of services to get the best value from medicines by encouraging
and implementing electronic prescriptions, safe repeat prescribing
systems and timely monitoring and management of high-risk medicines
- Provide training and support
on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the
implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
- Develop relationships with
other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the
multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team
across health and social care including primary care, community
pharmacy, secondary care and mental health
- Support delivery of QOF,
incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness
initiatives
- Undertake any tasks
consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role,
ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner
- Duties may vary from time to
time without changing the general character of the post or the level of
responsibility.
- There may be, on occasion, a
requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon
factors such as workload and staffing levels.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
- Have undertaken the CPPE pathway
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a primary care setting
- Is working under appropriate clinical supervision to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines
Desirable
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS/SystmOne/Vision
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
- Have undertaken the CPPE pathway
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a primary care setting
- Is working under appropriate clinical supervision to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines
Desirable
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS/SystmOne/Vision
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).