Job summary
This is a new role for a Pharmacy Technician to
work for Beechwood Surgery. The role is to support the Clinical Pharmacist to
ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat
prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising
patient outcomes. We are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ a
Pharmacy Technician, subject to continuation of the NHS funding for this role.
The post holder will work as part of a
multi-disciplinary team and support all Practice staff to develop and improve
processes. Innovative ideas are welcomed, and excellent communication skills,
enthusiasm and motivation are essential skills for a successful candidate. A
key part of the role will be dealing with daily medication requests and
queries, and communicating with patients and Community Pharmacies.
In addition, the post holder will be responsible
for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of
medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good
practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the
Practices in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and
utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.
Main duties of the job
Assisting the Practice admin team/s with medication
queries.
Liaise with patients to resolve queries and support
their use of medication
Contribute towards improvement of prescribing
processes in general practice
Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and
online ordering
Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records
e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation
Use and maintain information systems and databases
relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation,
prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes
Handle function specific information, which may be
sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring
and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection
Act; Caldicott Guidelines.
To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct
prescribing audits
To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of
clinical audits
Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist on the
delivery of the new Primary Care Networks specification model
Contribute/participate in
practice meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve
engagement of the role of pharmacy technician and to promote issues relevant to
prescribing and medicines optimisation.
To be responsible for the organisation and planning
of own workload to meet set deadlines.
To undertake learning and development to maintain
the required knowledge and skills for practice based work.
About us
Our practice based in Warley, Brentwood. Beechwood has almost 14,000 patients. We have our own car park
and staff kitchen and common room. We also have a long-established practice
based in the Warley area, which has a
growing patient population. There are 4 GP partners and several Salaried
Doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, HCAs and Nursing Associates.
Our organisation employs around 45 people and our Practice Manager is Vicki
Johnson. We look forward to welcoming you to the team!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
PRIMARY DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage incoming medication requests, e.g. from
Patients, Pharmacies, Care Homes etc.
Assisting the Practice admin team/s with medication
queries.
Liaise with patients to resolve queries and support
their use of medication
Contribute towards improvement of prescribing
processes in general practice
Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and
online ordering
Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records
e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation
Use and maintain information systems and databases
relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation,
prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes
Handle function specific information, which may be
sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring
and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection
Act; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct
To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct
prescribing audits
To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of
clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice
Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist on the
delivery of the new Primary Care Networks specification model
Where applicable, contribute/participate in
practice meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve
engagement of the role of pharmacy technician and to promote issues relevant to
prescribing and medicines optimisation
To be responsible for the organisation and planning
of own workload to meet set deadlines
To undertake learning and development to maintain
the required knowledge and skills for practice based work
To carry out other duties which are appropriate to
the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the
priorities of the service change
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
PRIMARY DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage incoming medication requests, e.g. from
Patients, Pharmacies, Care Homes etc.
Assisting the Practice admin team/s with medication
queries.
Liaise with patients to resolve queries and support
their use of medication
Contribute towards improvement of prescribing
processes in general practice
Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and
online ordering
Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records
e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation
Use and maintain information systems and databases
relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation,
prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes
Handle function specific information, which may be
sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring
and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection
Act; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct
To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct
prescribing audits
To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of
clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice
Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist on the
delivery of the new Primary Care Networks specification model
Where applicable, contribute/participate in
practice meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve
engagement of the role of pharmacy technician and to promote issues relevant to
prescribing and medicines optimisation
To be responsible for the organisation and planning
of own workload to meet set deadlines
To undertake learning and development to maintain
the required knowledge and skills for practice based work
To carry out other duties which are appropriate to
the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the
priorities of the service change
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Therapeutics
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Therapeutics
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.