Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and
enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our Outstanding CQC rated GP
Practice. You will work closely with the Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists,
GPs, and the wider practice team to support safe, effective, and efficient
medicines optimisation for our patient population.
The hourly rate is between £15.93 -£16.47 per hour.
Main duties of the job
Your key responsibilities will include supporting
repeat prescribing systems, medicines reconciliation following hospital
discharge, and assisting with medication reviews within your scope of practice.
You will undertake patientfacing and patientsupporting activities, including
shared decisionmaking conversations, medicines optimisation tasks, and
providing advice to help patients use their medicines effectively.
About us
We believe in innovation and are always striving to find more efficient ways of working and improve patient care.
Our Team is made up of:
- 6 GP Partners, 10 Salaried GPs
- Clinical Practitioners assisting with patient care and home visits
- Clinical Pharmacists assisting with medication related queries
- 1 Senior Pharmacy Technician, 2 Pharmacy Technicians
- Social Prescribers and Care Coordinators
- Experienced Management Team (including HR, Practice, Business, Estates, and Appointments)
- Dedicated administrative team with an experienced secretary pool
- Fantastic scanning and summarising team undertaking Read Coding
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Undertaking
patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use,
through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
-
Carrying 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.
-
Supporting
medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking
with local community pharmacists, and referring to the pharmacist for
structured medication reviews.
-
Providing
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.
-
Taking a central
role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with
specialist pharmacists for more complex patients.
-
Supporting
initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic
prescribing.
-
Following
approved local protocol and under supervision, manage the monitoring recall
systems specific to certain treatments prescribed in the practice
-
Working with the
multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including
implementing efficient ordering and return processes and reducing wastage.
-
Providing
training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines,
including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and
support the delivery of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD).
-
Developing
relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the
multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across
health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary
care and mental health.
-
Supervising
practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription
requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more
clinically complex requests.
- Working with the
multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including
implementing efficient ordering and return processes and reducing wastages
- Providing
training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines,
including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and
support the delivery of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD).
- Developing
relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the
multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across
health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary
care and mental health
- Supervising
practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription
requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more
clinically complex requests.
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Undertaking
patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use,
through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
-
Carrying 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.
-
Supporting
medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking
with local community pharmacists, and referring to the pharmacist for
structured medication reviews.
-
Providing
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.
-
Taking a central
role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with
specialist pharmacists for more complex patients.
-
Supporting
initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic
prescribing.
-
Following
approved local protocol and under supervision, manage the monitoring recall
systems specific to certain treatments prescribed in the practice
-
Working with the
multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including
implementing efficient ordering and return processes and reducing wastage.
-
Providing
training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines,
including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and
support the delivery of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD).
-
Developing
relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the
multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across
health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary
care and mental health.
-
Supervising
practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription
requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more
clinically complex requests.
- Working with the
multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including
implementing efficient ordering and return processes and reducing wastages
- Providing
training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines,
including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and
support the delivery of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD).
- Developing
relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the
multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across
health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary
care and mental health
- Supervising
practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription
requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more
clinically complex requests.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a Pharmacy Technician, ideally within General Practice or Primary Care
- Good understanding of repeat prescribing systems and medicines optimisation
- Confident IT skills, including the use of clinical systems
- Willingness to undertake further training and development relevant to the role
- Ability to travel independently between practice sites, where required
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a Pharmacy Technician, ideally within General Practice or Primary Care
- Good understanding of repeat prescribing systems and medicines optimisation
- Confident IT skills, including the use of clinical systems
- Willingness to undertake further training and development relevant to the role
- Ability to travel independently between practice sites, where required
Desirable
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).
