Job summary
NECS is seeking
talented pharmacy technicians to join our friendly and supportive team. If you
have a passion for delivering excellent medicines optimisation services to NHS,
health, and social care organisations, we want to hear from you!
We are a friendly
and enthusiastic team dedicated to improving patient care through medicines
optimisation. We work with a range of NHS, health and social care
organisations, focusing predominantly on providing excellent medicines support
for patients in care homes and in receipt of domiciliary care support for their
medicines.
We offer a role in a
forward-thinking, innovative team with opportunities to deliver outstanding
medicines optimisation support in care home settings, to domiciliary care
providers and other health and social care settings. This position offers the
chance to improve patient safety and quality of care and contribute to educational
resources and training. You will enjoy a varied work agenda that supports
high-quality, safe care for patients.
We are looking for
an experienced pharmacy technician with a passion for patient care. The ideal
candidate will be a caring, dedicated, reliable, and patient-focused
professional. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will need to
interact effectively with healthcare professionals, patients, family members,
and care staff. Additionally, you should be a self-motivated individual with
the ability to plan and work flexibly, both independently and as part of a
team.
Main duties of the job
Your key
responsibilities will include ensuring the safe use of medicines in care homes
and domiciliary care providers, auditing systems and processes for medicines
management, developing recommendation reports and handling medicines queries
from health and social care providers. You will support training needs in care
homes and develop and deliver learning materials, provide expert medicines
advice to colleagues and key stakeholders, including supporting with safeguarding
concerns involving medicines, and foster integration across health and social
care through medicines optimisation.
We offer hybrid working in this role meaning that the successful candidate can work from a mixture of locations including home, NECS offices and customer locations. Your working week is likely to include 2-3 days in care homes, with domiciliary care providers or other health and social care providers, 1-2 days working from home writing up reports, attending online meetings, and supporting queries, and 1-2 days in the NECS office in Middlesbrough, working alongside colleagues.
About us
At NECS we are proud to be part of the NHS family. We have a
national footprint, with customers across the UK and abroad. Our customer base
has diversified significantly, and we are now very pleased to be serving NHS
providers as well as commissioners, NHS England, Local Authorities, General
Practices and Primary Care Networks.
NECS combines specialist skills and expertise
with scale and resilience to achieve results. We combine core NHS values with a
sharp focus on customer care and a relentless pursuit of continuous
improvement. We see ourselves as a key partner in the development, delivery and
future success of the healthcare system.
Our people are the heart of our
organisation. We strive to ensure they feel trusted, valued and empowered.
Were passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we
want you to grow, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that as well as
an excellent benefits package including generous holidays and pension plus free
car parking and access to NHS discounts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide expert pharmaceutical technical advice
and support to support the implementation of medicines optimisation work
programmes.
To support the safe use of medicines in health
and social care settings, improving medicines management, including supporting
investigation of medicines related incidents.
To promote high quality, cost effective
prescribing and use of medicines.
To undertake
audits of medicines
related issues within
health and social care settings, evaluate results and
produce and present
progress reports.
To support medicines related training needs in health
and social care settings, including developing and delivering training.
This role is part of the Medicines Optimisation Service within the Clinical Services and Operations Directorate. The Service provides specialist medicines optimisation support to a range of health and social care providers including Primary Care Networks, Local Authorities, Social Care Providers, NHS Foundation Trusts and Hospices.
Please see attached job description for a full overview of the role and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide expert pharmaceutical technical advice
and support to support the implementation of medicines optimisation work
programmes.
To support the safe use of medicines in health
and social care settings, improving medicines management, including supporting
investigation of medicines related incidents.
To promote high quality, cost effective
prescribing and use of medicines.
To undertake
audits of medicines
related issues within
health and social care settings, evaluate results and
produce and present
progress reports.
To support medicines related training needs in health
and social care settings, including developing and delivering training.
This role is part of the Medicines Optimisation Service within the Clinical Services and Operations Directorate. The Service provides specialist medicines optimisation support to a range of health and social care providers including Primary Care Networks, Local Authorities, Social Care Providers, NHS Foundation Trusts and Hospices.
Please see attached job description for a full overview of the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience working as a pharmacy technician in healthcare settings.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential data.
- Proven communication and interpersonal skills including dealing with patients and carers.
- Able to plan and work independently and manage competing priorities
- On-going commitment to continuing professional development to maintain theoretical and practical knowledge.
- Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
- Able to plan own work with a high degree of motivation.
- Ability to work with others as a team player.
- Able to prepare and present reports.
- Able to use information technology e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams.
- Able to adapt to unfamiliar IT systems e.g. GP clinical systems.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Hold recognised qualification in pharmaceutical sciences (BTEC / NVQ3 or equivalent) plus specialist training and experience to degree or equivalent level.
Physical Skills
Essential
- GP practice based for substantial part of role.
- Standard keyboard skills.
- Ability to frequently travel independently to different health and social care premises including care homes, GP practices, community pharmacies.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience working as a pharmacy technician in healthcare settings.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential data.
- Proven communication and interpersonal skills including dealing with patients and carers.
- Able to plan and work independently and manage competing priorities
- On-going commitment to continuing professional development to maintain theoretical and practical knowledge.
- Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
- Able to plan own work with a high degree of motivation.
- Ability to work with others as a team player.
- Able to prepare and present reports.
- Able to use information technology e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams.
- Able to adapt to unfamiliar IT systems e.g. GP clinical systems.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Hold recognised qualification in pharmaceutical sciences (BTEC / NVQ3 or equivalent) plus specialist training and experience to degree or equivalent level.
Physical Skills
Essential
- GP practice based for substantial part of role.
- Standard keyboard skills.
- Ability to frequently travel independently to different health and social care premises including care homes, GP practices, community pharmacies.
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
NHS North Of England Commissioning Support Unit
Address
North Of England Commisoning Support
High Force Road
Riverside Park Industrial Estate
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS2 1RH
Employer's website
https://www.necsu.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
