Job summary
Would you like to join a growing, supportive medicines management team in a large PCN? With the opportunity for personal development, impactful quality improvement and patient facing clinics? If so ChAMP PCN have the perfect role for you.
Innovations in Primary Care (IPC), are a federation of the GP Practices within the Coastal West Sussex area and we are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to work for the ChAMP Primary Care Network (PCN).
Due to the success of integrating the role into our practices, we are looking to expand our team and recruit more Pharmacy Technicians. The successful candidate will work across the sites within the network with peer support and collaboration provided. ChAMP PCN is a group of 8 practices across Chichester which covers Southbourne through to Tangmere. The Pharmacy team consists of 4 Pharmacists and 5 Pharmacy technicians who work together for the needs of the PCN. We are looking to expand our PCN Pharmacy team and Pharmacy Technicians are vital in achieving our long term goal.
The successful candidate will join the ChAMP PCN team of established Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians and if successful to role, you will be based at one of our surgeries who require Pharmacy Technician Support:
- Tangmere Medical Centre,
- Southbourne Surgery
- Cathedral Medical Groups.
This role would be perfectly suited for anyone who lives in the Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey areas due to the location and network links that are available.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting role in General Practice combining patient-facing, analytical and administrative elements of work. Working alongside a PCN Pharmacy team, the post-holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by communicating medication changes to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
The successful candidate will be supported in terms of learning and professional development through regular access to a Clinical Pharmacist supervisor, other Practice staff and through regular Practice team meetings on a variety of topics. As part of a growing Pharmacy Technician Team in IPC there is also a programme of peer support events and team meetings in place
About us
IPC is an innovative and ethical company providing high quality, integrated, patient-focused NHS services. We achieve this by harnessing the collective knowledge, skills, experience and energy of our clinicians and staff. If you believe in the importance and effectiveness of providing excellent care where patients need it and would like to apply to join us in this role, wed love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
- Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.
- Stream general prescription requests and work the reception teams, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
- Assist patients with responses to medication queries
- Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation and increased use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
- Promote Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering as appropriate to patient and practice needs.
- Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reduce medication wastage, liaising with patients as needed.
- Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.
- Help to organise and run various systems for the delivery of QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services.
- Review and develop policies in line with CQC compliance.
- Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
- Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting, record updates and relate communication.
- Through the use of audit and action planning, help to tackle health inequalities.
Please see the attached job description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
- Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.
- Stream general prescription requests and work the reception teams, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
- Assist patients with responses to medication queries
- Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation and increased use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
- Promote Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering as appropriate to patient and practice needs.
- Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reduce medication wastage, liaising with patients as needed.
- Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.
- Help to organise and run various systems for the delivery of QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services.
- Review and develop policies in line with CQC compliance.
- Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
- Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting, record updates and relate communication.
- Through the use of audit and action planning, help to tackle health inequalities.
Please see the attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
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
- Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
- Computer literate (MS office packages)
- Excellent organisation skills
- Excellent communication skills with ability to adjust to suit the audience
- Strong understanding of data protection and confidentiality
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Driving Licence
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
- Experience using SystmOne or EMIS
Person Specification
Qualifications
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
- Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
- Computer literate (MS office packages)
- Excellent organisation skills
- Excellent communication skills with ability to adjust to suit the audience
- Strong understanding of data protection and confidentiality
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Driving Licence
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
- Experience using SystmOne or EMIS
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
