Job summary
We are looking to recruit a skilled, experienced and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Team in Primary Care. The role will work with PCN Pharmacists and practice staff to ensure safe, accurate and timely supple of prescribed medication.
Main duties of the job
The role will provide support to our GPs, Clinical Pharmacists, other clinical staff and reception teams, coordinating discharge summaries and medication reviews, playing a central role in repeat prescribing processes, liaising with patients, nursing homes, carers, hospitals and community pharmacies, responding to medication queries and updating medical records.
Work with the Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacists and Clinicians in accordance with agreed practice prescribing standard operating procedures.
About us
Maidenhead Primary Care Network, is a group of 9 GP Practices working together with a range of local providers to offer more personalised and coordinated health and social care to the 80000 patient population of Maidenhead in Berkshire.
Our PCN roles are embedded in Practices with both practice and PCN supervision and support.
Please note this vacancy may close once we receive sufficient applications. The Team benefit from both practice and PCN supervision and training.
We hope you will decide to join us!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work with the Clinical Pharmacist, Community Pharmacists and Clinicians in accordance with agreed practice prescribing standard operating procedures.
Process repeat medication requests, including conversion of acute requests to repeat medicines, changing quantities of medicines.
Issuing prescriptions in line with agreed clinical protocols and within competency.
Provide advice and guidance to patients regarding medication optimisation and lifestyle e.g inhaler techniques.
Provide medication review services to patients via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.
The support the achievement of the practices prescribing targets ie QOF, IIF and local incentive scheme.
Dealing with medication queries including acute medication requests, patient medication and prescription queries.
To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practice clinical system, including advice given and advice taken.
Liaise with primary and secondary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following the transfer of care.
To assist the Senior Clinical Pharmacist with data analysis of prescribing behaviour in line with NICE guidance and local clinical commissioning directives.
To assist with the development and review of medicine audits.
Provide a contact for patients and colleagues with medication queries.
Project work/prescribing initiatives under the support of the Pharmacist.
Conduct medication reconciliation following discharge from hospital, clinic visits and other transfers of care, to ensure that medication changers are safely implemented in a timely fashion.
To link with hospital and community pharmacy colleagues to address discrepancies, supply issues and queries within competency.
Liaise with wider health care team including primary care staff, community nurses and care home staff with medication queries.
To undertake regular audits.
To support the safe and effective repeat prescribing of high-risk medicines, ensuring that regular monitoring as per local/shared care guidance is taking place.
Supporting patients to manage their medicines, for example, synchronisation of medications, reviewing patients suitability for monitored dosage systems, and setting up electronic repeat dispensing.
To document interventions made to patients medications in their health care records to ensure there is a clear audit trail and changes are clearly accounted for.
To promote cost effective, safe, evidence-based prescribing in accordance with local formulary, medication optimisation strategy and national guidance.
Attend local meetings seeking to improve access to medicines or repeat prescribing processes.
Ensure patients and their families / carers views are taken into account in every stage of the decision-making process.
Seek advice from clinical lead as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work with the Clinical Pharmacist, Community Pharmacists and Clinicians in accordance with agreed practice prescribing standard operating procedures.
Process repeat medication requests, including conversion of acute requests to repeat medicines, changing quantities of medicines.
Issuing prescriptions in line with agreed clinical protocols and within competency.
Provide advice and guidance to patients regarding medication optimisation and lifestyle e.g inhaler techniques.
Provide medication review services to patients via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.
The support the achievement of the practices prescribing targets ie QOF, IIF and local incentive scheme.
Dealing with medication queries including acute medication requests, patient medication and prescription queries.
To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practice clinical system, including advice given and advice taken.
Liaise with primary and secondary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following the transfer of care.
To assist the Senior Clinical Pharmacist with data analysis of prescribing behaviour in line with NICE guidance and local clinical commissioning directives.
To assist with the development and review of medicine audits.
Provide a contact for patients and colleagues with medication queries.
Project work/prescribing initiatives under the support of the Pharmacist.
Conduct medication reconciliation following discharge from hospital, clinic visits and other transfers of care, to ensure that medication changers are safely implemented in a timely fashion.
To link with hospital and community pharmacy colleagues to address discrepancies, supply issues and queries within competency.
Liaise with wider health care team including primary care staff, community nurses and care home staff with medication queries.
To undertake regular audits.
To support the safe and effective repeat prescribing of high-risk medicines, ensuring that regular monitoring as per local/shared care guidance is taking place.
Supporting patients to manage their medicines, for example, synchronisation of medications, reviewing patients suitability for monitored dosage systems, and setting up electronic repeat dispensing.
To document interventions made to patients medications in their health care records to ensure there is a clear audit trail and changes are clearly accounted for.
To promote cost effective, safe, evidence-based prescribing in accordance with local formulary, medication optimisation strategy and national guidance.
Attend local meetings seeking to improve access to medicines or repeat prescribing processes.
Ensure patients and their families / carers views are taken into account in every stage of the decision-making process.
Seek advice from clinical lead as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 QCF Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or GPhC accredited equivalent pri
- or to July 2011 plus BTEC pharmacy services underpinning knowledge
- National Certificate or recognised equivalents Accuracy Checking Certificate
- Must be registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Independence patient dispensing systems
- Min 2 years post qualification experience
Desirable
- Use of EMIS and Ardens clinical systems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 QCF Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or GPhC accredited equivalent pri
- or to July 2011 plus BTEC pharmacy services underpinning knowledge
- National Certificate or recognised equivalents Accuracy Checking Certificate
- Must be registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Independence patient dispensing systems
- Min 2 years post qualification experience
Desirable
- Use of EMIS and Ardens clinical systems
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).
