Job summary
SEL GP Group are looking for a further 2 Pharmacy Technicians to join Crossgates PCN, which has 4 member practices (Colton Mill, Ashfield Medical Centre, Family Doctors and Manston Surgery). The PCN Pharmacy team currently consists of a Senior Pharmacist, 2 Clinical Pharmacists and a Pharmacy Technician. There are also 2 practice-based pharmacists at Colton Mill Practice.
PCN Pharmacy Technician roles provide an exciting opportunity to develop
and use your skills in a patient-facing environment. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will play an important role complementing clinical
pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN
multi-disciplinary team.
Please note all PCN pharmacy staff are required to enrol on (or be
exempted from) the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway. You
will be allocated a Senior Pharmacist as your clinical supervisor as
well as receiving regular supervision from Pharmacists within the PCN
team.
Main duties of the job
PCN Pharmacy technician core role responsibilities will cover
clinical, technical and administrative categories. The purpose of the
role is to facilitate improvements in patient care by maximising safe,
cost effective best practice in prescribing, supporting practices to
help patients get the best from their medicines, improving repeat
prescribing processes in General Practice (including promotion of repeat
dispensing and online ordering), minimising clinical risk, and aiming
to reduce medicines wastage.
You will consult directly with patients, by phone and face to face. This may involve some home visiting. You will support member practices with safe prescribing and monitoring of medicines, management of letters and discharge letters, and will work closely with our local care homes. You will also develop skills around medication review for certain conditions/medicines.
Please see attached Job Description for more info.
About us
You will be employed on behalf of Crossgates PCN by South and East Leeds GP Group which is a GP Federation. SEL GP employ an established team of PCN pharmacists and technicians so you will benefit from peer support with an extended team of 24 pharmacists and 9 technicians, as well as mentoring from the Head of Clinical Pharmacy and our Education & Training Pharmacist.
We have regular meetings as a full team and also as a technician team to ensure that the team build their relationships and learn from each other's experience.
We actively encourage you to get in touch and arrange a visit to the PCN to understand more about this role, please contact Harpal Ryatt (Senior PCN Pharmacist), by emailing harpal.ryatt@nhs.net to arrange this.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
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 Pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) e.g. 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 (EPS).
Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) 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, so as 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
Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
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 Pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) e.g. 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 (EPS).
Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) 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, so as 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
Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges
Experience
Essential
- Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of PCN and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing
- Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges
Experience
Essential
- Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of PCN and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing
- Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
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).
