Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description / Role:

• Support the role of PCN clinical pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services to people in their own homes or local care homes

• Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing

• Improve the use of medicines and help patients with medication concordance

• Assist with medication safety monitoring systems including uncomplicated medication reviews

• Liaise with hospital teams, local community pharmacies, clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries.

• Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to practice, local and national prescribing policies

• Improve service and quality through audit and searches

• Help identify patients at risk of medicines use issues, including waste, safety and over-use

• Help manage simple medication requests through liaison with the clinical pharmacist team where appropriate

• Help to maintain and achieve Quality Outcome Framework targets for both practices

Personal and Professional Development:

The post holder must take responsibility for their development and learning by:

Committing to or currently undertaking the CPPE Primary Care Education Pathway

Meeting GPhC CPD requirements for registration on an annual basis

Completing mandatory training required by the PCN

Requirements of Role

The post holder Must:

Ensure principles of openness, transparency and candor are observed and upheld

Have an understanding of GDPR and patient confidentiality

Undergo safeguarding training and adhere to practice safeguarding policies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
• Signed up or willing to sign up to Primary Care Pharmacy
• Educational Pathway

Experience

Essential

• Experience of prescribing / clinical systems

Desirable

• Experience of working in General Practice Setting
• Experience of using Systmone
• Medicines reconciliation experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• IT Literacy skills
• Commitment to improve skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently
• Time management skills and ability to work in a busy environment and organise workload

Desirable

• Knowledge of audit work

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

Dr Duggleby & Partners

Address

North Road

Stokesley

Middlesbrough

Cleveland

TS9 5DY

Employer's website

https://stokesleyhealthcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)