Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

We are a happy, successful family practice committed to consistently delivering the very best care for our expanding patient population.

We aim to ensure that our services are designed to meet patients' needs and improve their health outcomes.

We are fully sighted on the challenges faced by all healthcare colleagues and passionately believe that it is our responsibility to provide a supportive and caring working environment with high levels of communication and mutual respect for all members of our multi-disciplinary team.

We enable all colleagues to further their professional development and offer an embedded cycle of multi-disciplinary meetings.

We are currently looking to expand our highly skilled multi-disciplinary team through the recruitment of a qualified Pharmacy Technician, ideally with experience of working in a primary care setting.

Main duties of the job

The role of Pharmacy Technician will encompass;

• supporting the delivery of safe, efficient and effective systems for; repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, medicines waste reduction and maximised patient outcomes
• undertaking medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols, updating patients' medical records and prescribing accordingly
• supporting the management of patients with long term conditions and implementation of medicines optimisation in accordance with practice protocols and national guidelines
• providing advice to patients and the practice clinical and administrative team of changes to prescribing to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness
• fostering multi-disciplinary working with community and secondary care pharmacy to improve patient outcomes by utilising wider skill mix and extended healthcare access
• participating in the delivery of patient services across the Havens Primary Care Network, including the implementation of an integrated medicines management plan
• supporting the practice clinical and administrative teams in the provision of high quality patient care

The post offers the opportunity of full or part time hours.

About us

The practice is located close to Newhaven Harbour/Marina on the south coast between Brighton and Eastbourne, it can therefore be accessed easily by road, bus and rail. Our catchment area covers the coastal strip from Telscombe Cliffs to Newhaven and surrounding villages. Our current list size is circa 10,800 patients.

The practice is comprised of a dedicated team of doctors, nurses and administrative staff who are committed to providing the highest standard of care within a friendly, family-centred environment. The practice has 6 Clinical Partners and a Business Partner who work inclusively with all members of our multi-disciplinary team.

The practice has an embedded role structure of; Clinical Leads, Administrative Leads and Care Co-ordinators to ensure that each member of the team feels supported and valued.

Our whole team ethos is considered integral to the long term stability of the practice and continuous improvement in service to our patients. Any new members to the team would be expected to embrace these strengths and contribute to the development of the practice as it responds to the changing demands of primary care.

If you are interested in learning more about how we support one another and work collaboratively with other practices and the wider health care community, please contact the Business Partner, Karen Ford.