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Pharmacy Technician - Crays PCN

Bromley GP Alliance Ltd

The closing date is 22 January 2025

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Job summary

Crays Primary Care Network are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Pharmacy Technician to join their ever-growing team. This position has become available due to the expansion of our existing team that has been growing with significant positive impact upon patient services across Crays PCN. The Crays Collaborative PCN is anetwork of 6 GP surgeries which are Broomwood Surgery, Crescent Surgery, Derry Downs Surgery, Gillmans Road Surgery, Poverest Medical Centre and St Mary Cray Practice. Together they cover a patient population of over 35,500 patients, most of whom live in deprivation. Two of their practices are training practices. They are a highly supportive PCN whose practices work closely together, understanding the importance of a good work/life balance with an open-door ethos. The PCN caters to the healthcare needs of their patients by ensuring they make the best use of collective resources across practices, local healthcare providers and professional groups to allow greater resilience to primary care. To achieve this, they are supported by additional roles such as paramedics, Clinical Pharmacists, social prescribers, Health and wellbeing coach, nurses, care coordinators, mental health practitioners. You can expect to work across no more than 2-3 practices across the PCN

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will include:

Supporting Structured Medication Reviews

Counsel patients on Medicines

Prescription Management

Conducting medicines reconciliation Conducts medicines Audits

About us

BGPA Department Information

BGPA is a federation of all 43 Bromley practices working collaboratively to enhance the health and wellbeing of Bromley residents, covering over 350,000 patients, 100% of the Bromley population.

BGPAs partner organisation is Bromley Education and Training Hub. BETH supports education, training and professional development across primary care in Bromley and beyond.

Organisational Values / Objectives

BGPAs goals are to work strategically with Bromley practices to help secure the best services for patients whilst working together to support member practices in the challenges of a changing NHS.

BGPA aims to improve the morale of general practice in Bromley by sharing expertise, services and supporting its workforce.

BGPA will make a positive impact on medical services in Bromley by working closely with One Bromley Partners including NHS SEL ICB, local NHS trusts, local providers and patient groups, to improve the delivery of healthcare to the local population

At BGPA we truly believe that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.

We want a workplace culture that truly reflects our values. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in the BGPA workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQI+ people.

Date posted

08 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£29,000 to £39,000 a year Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0166-25-0003

Job locations

St. Mary Cray Practice

322 High Street

St. Mary Cray

Orpington

Kent

BR5 4AR


Poverest Medical Centre

42 Poverest Road

Orpington

Kent

BR5 2DQ


Derry Downs Surgery

29 Derry Downs

Orpington

Kent

BR5 4DU


Crescent Surgery

38 Marion Crescent

Orpington

Kent

BR5 2DD


Doctors Surgery

41 Broomwood Road

Orpington

Kent

BR5 2JP


Gillmans Road Surgery

1 Gillmans Road

Orpington

Kent

BR5 4LA


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients

  • Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation where required, utilise consultation skills to work on partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.

  • Support, as determined by the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising 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

  • Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising 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 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

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients

  • Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation where required, utilise consultation skills to work on partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.

  • Support, as determined by the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising 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

  • Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising 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 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

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Experience of medication reviews
  • Experience of working within Primary Care
  • Knowledge of the changing NHS environment and structure

Desirable

  • Experience of Emis Gp Computer Syste

Qualifications

Essential

  • Completion of a pharmacy technician training or education program

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative, able to plan, prioritise, make decisions and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work well within a team
  • Good organisational skills
  • Good time management
  • Ability to deal with difficult situations with diplomacy and sensitivity
  • Confident and assertive in dealing with other healthcare professionals
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Experience of medication reviews
  • Experience of working within Primary Care
  • Knowledge of the changing NHS environment and structure

Desirable

  • Experience of Emis Gp Computer Syste

Qualifications

Essential

  • Completion of a pharmacy technician training or education program

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative, able to plan, prioritise, make decisions and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work well within a team
  • Good organisational skills
  • Good time management
  • Ability to deal with difficult situations with diplomacy and sensitivity
  • Confident and assertive in dealing with other healthcare professionals

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Bromley GP Alliance Ltd

Address

St. Mary Cray Practice

322 High Street

St. Mary Cray

Orpington

Kent

BR5 4AR


Employer's website

https://bromleygpalliance.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bromley GP Alliance Ltd

Address

St. Mary Cray Practice

322 High Street

St. Mary Cray

Orpington

Kent

BR5 4AR


Employer's website

https://bromleygpalliance.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Practice and PCN Support

Carly Bone

carly.bone@nhs.net

Date posted

08 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£29,000 to £39,000 a year Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0166-25-0003

Job locations

St. Mary Cray Practice

322 High Street

St. Mary Cray

Orpington

Kent

BR5 4AR


Poverest Medical Centre

42 Poverest Road

Orpington

Kent

BR5 2DQ


Derry Downs Surgery

29 Derry Downs

Orpington

Kent

BR5 4DU


Crescent Surgery

38 Marion Crescent

Orpington

Kent

BR5 2DD


Doctors Surgery

41 Broomwood Road

Orpington

Kent

BR5 2JP


Gillmans Road Surgery

1 Gillmans Road

Orpington

Kent

BR5 4LA


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