Job summary
Are you looking to contribute your skills in a dynamic and
supportive environment? A fantastic opportunity to join our ARRS team and be a
part of the overall vision of Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance has become available,
and we are currently seeking a driven and dedicated individual to fill the role
of Pharmacy Technician.
Our Pharmacy
Technicians play a vital role
as part of a busy team. In this position, you will support us with achieving
our goals, while also contributing to the overall success of our organisation.
The
post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better
understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the
practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic
developments. This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national
requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation
initiatives.
If youre excited by the prospect of tackling new
challenges, collaborating with a dynamic team, and helping shape the future of
our organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today and take the
first step toward an exciting new chapter in your career.
Main duties of the job
The Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and
administrative categories.
The purpose of the role
is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in
prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help
patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed
and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General
Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering,
minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
About us
Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance are working with Primary
Care Networks across Coventry and Warwickshire to deliver roles as part of the
Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme including Clinical Pharmacists and
Physicians Associates.
At Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance, we pride ourselves on
fostering a culture of innovation, growth, and continuous learning. As a member
of our team, youll have the opportunity to work alongside talented
professionals who are committed to delivering excellence and driving positive
change within our industry.
We take pride in offering a robust range of benefits to
support our employees, including,
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Annual Leave: Enjoy 27 days of annual
leave for full-time employees, in addition to bank holidays.
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Sick Pay: Our enhanced sick pay policy
ensures you are supported during times of illness.
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Pension Scheme: Access to the NHS pension
scheme to secure your financial future.
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Enhanced Maternity Leave: We provide
generous maternity leave to support new parents.
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Paternity Leave: We also offer paternity
leave to allow new fathers to bond with their newborns.
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Blue Light Discounts: Take advantage of
exclusive discounts available for our staff. After probation you can make a
expense claim for the price of your blue light discount card and receive full
reimbursement.
We are committed to creating a supportive and rewarding work
environment for all our employees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties: Clinical Practice
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 in partnership with patients to ensure they
use their medicines effectively.
As determined by the PCN, support medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking
with local community pharmacies
Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structured
Medication Reviews
i.e. organise necessary
monitoring tests prior to SMR
Provide expertise to address both the public
health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service
information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
Manage shared care protocols and liaise with
Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.
Technical and
Administrative
Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to
ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.
Implement efficient ordering and return
processes and reducing medication wastage.
Provide training and support on the legal, safe
and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the
Electronic Prescription Service.
Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and online ordering
Develop relationships with other pharmacy
professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration
across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy,
secondary care and mental health.
Support practice reception teams in streaming
general prescription requests, to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review
the more clinically complex requests.
Support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other
primary care settings.
Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF
and locally commissioned enhanced services
Supporting quality improvement measures and
contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;
Support the PCN in reviewing and developing
practice policies for CQC requirements
This is not an
exhaustive list and ad hoc tasks will be assigned as appropriate. The duties of
the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changed by discussion with the
post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties: Clinical Practice
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 in partnership with patients to ensure they
use their medicines effectively.
As determined by the PCN, support medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking
with local community pharmacies
Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structured
Medication Reviews
i.e. organise necessary
monitoring tests prior to SMR
Provide expertise to address both the public
health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service
information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
Manage shared care protocols and liaise with
Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.
Technical and
Administrative
Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to
ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.
Implement efficient ordering and return
processes and reducing medication wastage.
Provide training and support on the legal, safe
and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the
Electronic Prescription Service.
Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and online ordering
Develop relationships with other pharmacy
professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration
across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy,
secondary care and mental health.
Support practice reception teams in streaming
general prescription requests, to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review
the more clinically complex requests.
Support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other
primary care settings.
Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF
and locally commissioned enhanced services
Supporting quality improvement measures and
contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;
Support the PCN in reviewing and developing
practice policies for CQC requirements
This is not an
exhaustive list and ad hoc tasks will be assigned as appropriate. The duties of
the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changed by discussion with the
post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
- - Working with Microsoft Office
Desirable
- - Working with EMIS
- - Working with DOCMAN
- - Working with MedOptimise
- - Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges
Qualifications
Essential
- - Professional registration with GPhC
- - Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
- - BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- - Willingness to complete the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway - PCPEP, if not already completed
Desirable
- - Qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway - PCPEP or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes MOCH;
- - Formal teaching or mentoring qualification
- - Recognised qualification in Quality Improvement methodology
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
- - Working with Microsoft Office
Desirable
- - Working with EMIS
- - Working with DOCMAN
- - Working with MedOptimise
- - Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges
Qualifications
Essential
- - Professional registration with GPhC
- - Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
- - BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- - Willingness to complete the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway - PCPEP, if not already completed
Desirable
- - Qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway - PCPEP or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes MOCH;
- - Formal teaching or mentoring qualification
- - Recognised qualification in Quality Improvement methodology
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).
