Pharmacy Technician (North Care Network)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To work within your professional boundaries as a registered Pharmacy Technician as part of the multi-disciplinary team within general practice and the Primary Care Network. Your role is patient facing to support medicines optimisation and improved prescribing practice, patient care and deliver the Directed Enhanced Service PCN prescribing agenda.

Job Summary

You will help patients to get the best from their medicines, operating within clear protocols and guidance, reducing clinical risk and waste.

You will facilitate the smooth running of the repeat prescribing service with support from senior colleagues on complex matters and collaboration with the reception / care navigation team to resolve straightforward prescribing queries.

Key Areas of Responsibility

· Through patient facing/supporting roles ensure effective medicines use by shared decision-making with patients.

· Work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to support medicine optimisation tasks through effective medicine administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, medicines reconciliation, efficient ordering and return process and reduction of waste.

· Support medication reviews and reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings.

· Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients where competent to do so on aspects such as lifestyle advice, service information and help tackle health inequalities.

· Supervise practice reception teams in sorting general prescription requests to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.

· Take a central role in the clinical aspects of share 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, through clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.

· 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.

See also attached supporting documentation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical development
• Enrolled in/willing to enrol in, undertaking, or qualified from, an approved pathway such as, (PCPEP) or (MOCH)
• Registered to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacy Technician
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community, or hospital pharmacy
• Working well with others to deliver goals

Skills

Essential

• Awareness of and well-developed IT skills to facilitate quick and confident learning of new systems to support the management of patients in a primary care setting (including Microsoft packages)
• Manages time effectively, not being distracted by pressures, retains focus, and delivers to deadlines
• See also attached supporting documentation

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

Yorkshire Health Partners Ltd

Address

Central Surgery

King Street

Barton-upon-humber

DN185ER

Employer's website

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