PCN Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role will consist of the following duties and responsibilities:

Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist at Primary Care Network Level.

Carry out medicines switches in GP practices in line with practice and ICB agreed specific protocols reviewing patients records; amending records and informing patients.

Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation.

Improve prescribing processes in general practice.

Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering.

Report on key performance indicators for CPGP to demonstrate added value for patients and general practice in accordance with NICE guidance.

Use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes.

Work closely with GP practices and the ICB.

Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician within the CPGP model and to promote issues relevant to prescribing and medicines optimisation.

Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g. ICB Medicines Optimisation team, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams.

Support the Medicines Optimisation team in the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation strategy.

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.

To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines.

To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits e.g. SystmOne and EMIS Web.

To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice.

As instructed by the ICB Medicines Safety Officer, ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within practices over an appropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result.

To assist in the monitoring of prescribing expenditure at individual practice level and propose changes to ensure containment within identified resource.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with GPhC
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)

Desirable

• Evidence of further qualifications and/or study following registration

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy.
• Demonstrate experience of working with other clinical professionals/as part of multi-disciplinary teams to influence patient care.
• Must be CPPE qualified.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid Norfolk Healthcare Ltd

Address

Orchard Surgery

Commercial Road

15 Dereham Road

Dereham

Norfolk

NR19 1AE

Employer's website

https://www.mattishallsurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)