Job summary
SWAGGA PCN are seeking an enthusiastic, patient-focused, and independently motivated person to join our existing pharmacy team to provide quality patient-care. We want a person with energy and interest to develop the Pharmacy Technician role through collaborative working.
The successful candidate will work across the 16 GP Practices in the PCN, with projects ranging from dealing with prescription requests, cost-saving switches to facilitating medication reviews and systems and process improvements. We expect contribution to the overall medicines optimisation programme acting on best practice models from local and national guidelines.
This role will be critical to realising our ambitions to improve patient outcomes in practices, care homes and domiciliary settings.
We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based on the Job Description and Person Specification, therefore do ensure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet these requirements.
Main duties of the job
We expect the successful application to:
1. Lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective and best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
2. Be a skilled professional to help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols
3. Improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering.
4. Minimise clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
5. Support patients on discharge from hospital, requiring excellent communication skills.
6. Being a Pharmacy Technician in the PCN will be an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
7. Comply with Health & Safety procedures and guidelines
About us
SWAGGA Primary Care Network is a collaboration of 16 GP Practices geographically aligned and working together to improve patient care. SWAGGA PCN has a weighted patient population of approximately 105,000 patients. It is an extensive Network with a diverse population and patient needs.
Our Network Team work across these practices, aiming to improve our patient's well-being and address health inequalities in South Liverpool.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note: the PCN is unable to sponsor any overseas applications, please only apply if you are legally able to work in the UK.
Job Summary
About the network
This is an exciting time to join the team at SWAGGA PCN, the network has strong foundations and we are developing at pace and are looking to recruit additional Pharmacy Technicians. SWAGGA is a bigger than average PCN with a population of 100,00 patients, across 16 practices.
***Previous applicants need not apply***
About the role
SWAGGA PCN are seeking an enthusiastic, patient-focused, and independently motivated person to join our existing pharmacy team to provide quality patient-care. We want a person with energy and interest to develop the Pharmacy Technician role through collaborative working.
The successful candidate will work across the 16 GP Practices in the PCN, with projects ranging from dealing with prescription requests, cost-saving switches to facilitating medication reviews and systems and process improvements. We expect contribution to the overall medicines optimisation programme acting on best practice models from local and national guidelines.
This role will be critical to realising our ambitions to improve patient outcomes in practices, care homes and domiciliary settings.
We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based on the Job Description and Person Specification, therefore do ensure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet these requirements.
Main responsibilities
The successful candidate will support the PCN Pharmacy Team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes as well as facilitating structured medication reviews and performing searches and assisting dispensing practices in projects.
The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service provision within general practice.
We expect the successful application to:
1. Lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective and best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
2. Be a skilled professional to help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols.
3. Improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering.
4. Minimise clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
5. Support patients on discharge from hospital, requiring excellent communication skills.
6. Being a Pharmacy Technician in the PCN will be an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
7. Comply with Health & Safety procedures and guidelines
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note: the PCN is unable to sponsor any overseas applications, please only apply if you are legally able to work in the UK.
Job Summary
About the network
This is an exciting time to join the team at SWAGGA PCN, the network has strong foundations and we are developing at pace and are looking to recruit additional Pharmacy Technicians. SWAGGA is a bigger than average PCN with a population of 100,00 patients, across 16 practices.
***Previous applicants need not apply***
About the role
SWAGGA PCN are seeking an enthusiastic, patient-focused, and independently motivated person to join our existing pharmacy team to provide quality patient-care. We want a person with energy and interest to develop the Pharmacy Technician role through collaborative working.
The successful candidate will work across the 16 GP Practices in the PCN, with projects ranging from dealing with prescription requests, cost-saving switches to facilitating medication reviews and systems and process improvements. We expect contribution to the overall medicines optimisation programme acting on best practice models from local and national guidelines.
This role will be critical to realising our ambitions to improve patient outcomes in practices, care homes and domiciliary settings.
We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based on the Job Description and Person Specification, therefore do ensure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet these requirements.
Main responsibilities
The successful candidate will support the PCN Pharmacy Team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes as well as facilitating structured medication reviews and performing searches and assisting dispensing practices in projects.
The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service provision within general practice.
We expect the successful application to:
1. Lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective and best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
2. Be a skilled professional to help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols.
3. Improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering.
4. Minimise clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
5. Support patients on discharge from hospital, requiring excellent communication skills.
6. Being a Pharmacy Technician in the PCN will be an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
7. Comply with Health & Safety procedures and guidelines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The candidate must be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Academic/vocational qualifications BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent and have a NVQ level.
- At least three years work experience in hospital or community pharmacy, GP dispensing practice or Clinical Commissioning Group.
- Significant relevant and ongoing CPD
- Be enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH)
- Full UK Driving Licence
Desirable
- Experience of participation in audits or project management.
- Experience working with GP Practices and the law related to medicines use
- An appreciation of drug actions, doses, formulations and interactions for commonly prescribed medications. Familiarity with NICE technology appraisals relevant to primary care
- Experience of EMIS or previous experience within a comparable role in general practice
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to recognise and work within bounds of own competence
- Good IT skills
- Completed the CPPE Pathway
Personal Attributes
Essential
- High degree of personal integrity.
- Self-motivated, innovative thinker.
- Reliable, conscientious and supportive.
- Team worker able to relate to all grades of staff and clinical and non-clinical professionals.
- Able to cope well with a busy environment and deal with interruptions and changes in daily routine.
- Good attention to detail.
- Have empathy with and be sensitive to patients needs.
- Ability to remain positive in the face of adversity and criticism.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The candidate must be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Academic/vocational qualifications BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent and have a NVQ level.
- At least three years work experience in hospital or community pharmacy, GP dispensing practice or Clinical Commissioning Group.
- Significant relevant and ongoing CPD
- Be enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH)
- Full UK Driving Licence
Desirable
- Experience of participation in audits or project management.
- Experience working with GP Practices and the law related to medicines use
- An appreciation of drug actions, doses, formulations and interactions for commonly prescribed medications. Familiarity with NICE technology appraisals relevant to primary care
- Experience of EMIS or previous experience within a comparable role in general practice
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to recognise and work within bounds of own competence
- Good IT skills
- Completed the CPPE Pathway
Personal Attributes
Essential
- High degree of personal integrity.
- Self-motivated, innovative thinker.
- Reliable, conscientious and supportive.
- Team worker able to relate to all grades of staff and clinical and non-clinical professionals.
- Able to cope well with a busy environment and deal with interruptions and changes in daily routine.
- Good attention to detail.
- Have empathy with and be sensitive to patients needs.
- Ability to remain positive in the face of adversity and criticism.
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).
