Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To work as part of the practice team providing support both clinical and administrative teams.
• Work with the GPs and the PCN Clinical Pharmacist where required.
• Provide clinical and professional support to GPs and other members of the primary healthcare team.
• Medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care, actioning changes where appropriate within competencies.
• Undertake reviews to ensure adherence to monitoring and shared care protocols.
• Phone consultations to offer patients medication advice and medication reviews.
• Day to day handling of prescription queries within area of own competence.
• Review nursing home prescription requests.
• Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation.
• Improve prescribing processes at the practice which may require delivery of training and development to practice based prescribing clerks to support improved co-ordination and effective administration within the Practice.
• Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering.
• Assisting in advising clinicians of alternative meds when notified item(s) are unavailable.
• Assist in practice response to complaints or significant events.
• Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g. Medicines Management Team, community pharmacy and hospital pharmacy teams.
• 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; Caldecott Guidelines; and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct.
• To assist with the development and review of medicines audits utilising the TPP GP practice clinical systems to conduct the audits.
• Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within levels of competence, are acted upon within the practice over an appropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result.
• Action clinical letters liaising and seeking support and guidance from the GPs when required.
• Query any unlicensed medication requests with the GP Partners
• Review results within own competencies
• Carry out medication titration following GP instruction.
• Promote cost-effective, safe, evidence based prescribing in accordance with national and local guidance.
• To undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively in the written and oral form to develop and maintain constructive relationships with a variety of audiences
• Ability to be self motivated and work co-operatively as part of a team. Managing ones own time with a minimum of supervision to meet agreed objectives and deadlines
• Extensive experience of using information technology for a range of different purposes
• To demonstrate creativity and original thinking, whilst developing practical solutions to problems
• Demonstrate a commitment to Continuous Professional Development

Desirable

• Experience of working on SystmOne Clinical System
• Knowledge of current medicines management issues

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 2 pharmacy service Skills
• BTec Level 2 Pharmacutical Science

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science
• Professional Registration with GPhC

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician

Desirable

• Experience of working within a Primary or Secondary Care setting
• Experience of liaising with a wide range of health care professionals
• Experience of data collection and analysis

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

Penketh Health Centre

Address

Honiton Way

Penketh

Warrington

WA5 2EY

Employer's website

https://penkethhealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)