Primary Care Doncaster Ltd

Pharmacy Technician

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Job summary

Job Purpose:

  • Provide technical support to the clinical pharmacist and other pharmacy services within general practice and the Primary Care Network (PCN) to ensure professional operational standards and excellence in pharmaceutical care and safety are maintained
  • Ensure delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for medicines related clinical correspondence, repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes

Main duties of the job

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

About us

Primary Care Doncaster Ltd is developing a wide range of services to support general practice across the Borough and is looking at innovative ways to develop its workforce, due to interest by a significant number of GP practices and Networks within the town.

As a PCD employee you will have access to the generous NHS Pension Scheme and 27 annual leave days per year.

PCD are an equal opportunities employer.

Details

Date posted

07 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£30,861 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

6221384

Job locations

Primary Care Doncaster

Tickill Road Site

Doncaster

DN4 8QN


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Alert pharmacy technician Coach to any issues compromising the quality of projects and operational workstreams
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
  • To support training and development of administrative staff to support pharmacy service in line with protocols and procedures
  • Work within risk management and health and safety policies and procedures within GP practices and other providers
  • Adhere to a robust process for recording learning events, complaints, accidents and significant events
  • To provide support to assist with the development and management of any changes or new processes and systems that need implementing.
  • To carry out any other appropriate duties as determined by the organisation
  • Should hold GPhC registration

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Alert pharmacy technician Coach to any issues compromising the quality of projects and operational workstreams
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
  • To support training and development of administrative staff to support pharmacy service in line with protocols and procedures
  • Work within risk management and health and safety policies and procedures within GP practices and other providers
  • Adhere to a robust process for recording learning events, complaints, accidents and significant events
  • To provide support to assist with the development and management of any changes or new processes and systems that need implementing.
  • To carry out any other appropriate duties as determined by the organisation
  • Should hold GPhC registration

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Portfolio of evidence of continuous professional development and post qualifying experience

Desirable

Essential

  • Membership with Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Desirable

Essential

  • Medicines Reconciliation Certificate or equivalent

Experience Essential

Essential

  • Understanding of professional ethics and application in practice. Experience of prioritising work load and meeting deadlines. Previous experience working within a patient facing role

Experience - Desirable

Essential

  • Experience of prescribing/ clinical systems such as SystmOne and EMIS Web. Recent previous experience with comparable role in a General Practice. Able to undertake audit/quality improvement methodology

Skills/Compentencies

Essential

  • Good communication skills . Ability to recognise and seize opportunities for change and development within the service. Behaviour change and motivational interview skills.
Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Portfolio of evidence of continuous professional development and post qualifying experience

Desirable

Essential

  • Membership with Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Desirable

Essential

  • Medicines Reconciliation Certificate or equivalent

Experience Essential

Essential

  • Understanding of professional ethics and application in practice. Experience of prioritising work load and meeting deadlines. Previous experience working within a patient facing role

Experience - Desirable

Essential

  • Experience of prescribing/ clinical systems such as SystmOne and EMIS Web. Recent previous experience with comparable role in a General Practice. Able to undertake audit/quality improvement methodology

Skills/Compentencies

Essential

  • Good communication skills . Ability to recognise and seize opportunities for change and development within the service. Behaviour change and motivational interview skills.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Primary Care Doncaster Ltd

Address

Primary Care Doncaster

Tickill Road Site

Doncaster

DN4 8QN


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Doncaster Ltd

Address

Primary Care Doncaster

Tickill Road Site

Doncaster

DN4 8QN


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

North West PCN Digital and Transformation Lead

Cheryl Gowland

cheryl.gowland@nhs.net

07388817457

Details

Date posted

07 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£30,861 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

6221384

Job locations

Primary Care Doncaster

Tickill Road Site

Doncaster

DN4 8QN


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