Job summary
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician? Do you want to work in a multi award-winning GP Practice based in Londons most popular suburbs?
The Richmond Road Partnership are looking to recruit a skilled, experienced, and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our award-winning practices based in Hackney and Wanstead.
You will work closely with our Lead GP and Clinical Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients. In addition, you will provide technical and administrative support to the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians as well as coordinating discharge summaries and medication reviews, playing a central role in repeat prescribing processes, liaising with our patients, carers, hospital and community pharmacies, responding to medication queries and updating medical records.
Interested? Apply today!
Main duties of the job
- Demonstrate management control of the surgery repeat prescribing system and ensure tight control of prescribing processes
- Ensure reduced spend and prevent medicines waste
- Support High Risk Drug monitoring protocol of the practice
- Ensure Administrative work is completed in order to achieve and implement prescribing initiatives
- Be a reliable, trained and informed resource to answer medicines related administrative queries
- Promote better use of medicines in conjunction with the Medicines Management (MM)Team, and aid in improving patient information
- Supervise train and update practice receptionists dealing with all aspects of repeat prescribing, making the best use of their skills
- Supports the checking of competency of the above staff on an annual basis
- Become a point of contact within and outside the surgery for all who deal with medicines related issues
- To develop effective relationships with local Community Pharmacies in relation to medicines management (measured by increased quality of liaison)
About us
Richmond Road Partnership have three Practices Richmond Road Medical Centre, Sandringham Practice and Alderbrook Medical Centre. We are forward-thinking, well-established and amongst the highest achieving both locally and nationally. In addition to a full complement of GPs, Nursing Staff, Physiotherapists, Social Prescribers, and Health and Wellbeing Coaches, we have an exceptionally strong and supportive Centralised Clinical Pharmacist Team who will support integration, development, and supervision of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Works with PCN and ICB Pharmacists, PCN Pharmacy Technicians, GP Prescribing Leads and other GP staff and is required to:
- Demonstrate management control of the surgery repeat prescribing system and ensure tight control of prescribing processes
- Ensure reduced spend and prevent medicines waste
- Carry out medication reconciliation from hospital discharge summary
- Support in High Risk Drug Monitoring process of the practice
- Ensure Administrative work is completed in order to achieve and implement prescribing initiatives
- Be a reliable, trained and informed resource to answer medicines related administrative queries
- Promote better use of medicines in conjunction with the Medicines Management (MM)Team, and aid in improving patient information
- Supervise train and update practice receptionists dealing with all aspects of repeat prescribing, making the best use of their skills
- Supports the checking of competency of the above staff on an annual basis
- Become a point of contact within and outside the surgery for all who deal with medicines related issues
- To develop effective relationships with local Community Pharmacies in relation to medicines management (measured by increased quality of liaison)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Works with PCN and ICB Pharmacists, PCN Pharmacy Technicians, GP Prescribing Leads and other GP staff and is required to:
- Demonstrate management control of the surgery repeat prescribing system and ensure tight control of prescribing processes
- Ensure reduced spend and prevent medicines waste
- Carry out medication reconciliation from hospital discharge summary
- Support in High Risk Drug Monitoring process of the practice
- Ensure Administrative work is completed in order to achieve and implement prescribing initiatives
- Be a reliable, trained and informed resource to answer medicines related administrative queries
- Promote better use of medicines in conjunction with the Medicines Management (MM)Team, and aid in improving patient information
- Supervise train and update practice receptionists dealing with all aspects of repeat prescribing, making the best use of their skills
- Supports the checking of competency of the above staff on an annual basis
- Become a point of contact within and outside the surgery for all who deal with medicines related issues
- To develop effective relationships with local Community Pharmacies in relation to medicines management (measured by increased quality of liaison)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC Registered Pharmacy Technician
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services
- Accredited Checking Technician
- Minimum 3 year experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy
- Experience with clinical computing systems.
- Experience with basic clinical information.
- Experience of working in a constantly changing environment.
- Computer literate: able to work with Word/Excel and e-mail.
- Methodical approach. Attention to detail in the compiling and verification of data.
Desirable
- Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH).
- Sound knowledge/Experience of working in a GP Practice.
- EMIS user skills
- Understanding of QOF
Experience
Essential
- 3 year experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy as a senior pharmacy technician
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC Registered Pharmacy Technician
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services
- Accredited Checking Technician
- Minimum 3 year experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy
- Experience with clinical computing systems.
- Experience with basic clinical information.
- Experience of working in a constantly changing environment.
- Computer literate: able to work with Word/Excel and e-mail.
- Methodical approach. Attention to detail in the compiling and verification of data.
Desirable
- Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH).
- Sound knowledge/Experience of working in a GP Practice.
- EMIS user skills
- Understanding of QOF
Experience
Essential
- 3 year experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy as a senior pharmacy technician
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).