Job summary
Pharmacy
Technicians can help play an important role, complimenting clinical
pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN
multi-disciplinary team. While Pharmacy Technicians do not
prescribe nor make clinical decisions, they do work under supervision to ensure
the effective and efficient use of medicines. In the PCN, their core
responsibilities can cover clinical, technical, and administrative roles.
The
purpose of the role is to maximise safe and cost-effective prescribing, to
improve the quality of patient care. The post-holder will help patients get the
best from their medicines, use existing protocols to maximise cost-effective
preparations, improve repeat prescribing processes (including use of electronic
repeat dispensing and online ordering), minimising clinical risk and reducing
avoidable medicines wastage. The post-holder will also develop and encourage a
positive culture of medicines optimisation principles, to assist the PCN in
achieving local and national medicines-related objectives.
Main duties of the job
Where
a PCN employs or engages one or more Pharmacy Technicians under the Additional
Roles Reimbursement Scheme, the PCN must ensure that each Pharmacy Technician
has the key clinical, technical and administrative responsibilities as outlined
below for delivering health services
The
post holder is a Pharmacy Technician and is an integral part of the general
practice team, working within their professional boundaries in each practice
within the Primary Care Network PCN.
This
role will work under the supervision of the PCN clinical pharmacist to ensure
the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.
They
will provide technical and administrative support to the PCN clinical
pharmacist and clinicians.
The
pharmacy technician will support the PCN and practice clinical teams with
queries around medication from patients.
The pharmacy technician will
complete audits around patient safety in the prescribing of medication and
present the information for sharing with the clinical team.
About us
Sutton
has a population of approximately 200000 residents registered to 21 practices
and there are currently 4 Primary Care Networks each serving a population of
approximately 50000 patients. Our Sutton
PCNs are forward-looking, friendly, and focused on providing a wide range of
excellent healthcare services to patients in Sutton and the surrounding
area. Our PCNs between them are led by 8
PCN Clinical Directors. The PCNs work together as they see the benefits of
working together in a larger GP partnership and are delighted to be realising
some of those benefits now. Because of our scale, not only are we more
resilient and efficient but we are able to invest in continuous quality
improvement, enhanced care, new services, and training and developing our
workforce. We value the diversity of our colleagues and actively champion an
inclusive culture and are committed to helping our colleagues achieve a
work/life balance.
CASS PCN is looking to employ a
Pharmacy Technician under the additional roles
reimbursement scheme. They will be
accountable to the Primary Care Networks,
working in Benhill and Belmont
GP Practices within CASS PCN
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Pharmacy Technician is to
undertake the following clinical responsibilities in delivering health
services:
a. Undertake patient facing and
patient supporting roles to ensure effective
medicines use, through shared
decision-making conversations with
patients
b. Conduct medicines optimisation
tasks including effective medicine
administration (e.g., checking inhaler
technique), support medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation.
Where required, utilise consultation
skills to work in partnership with
patients to ensure they use their
medicines effectively.
c. Support, as determined by the PCN,
medication reviews and medicines
reconciliation for new care home
patients and synchronise medicines for
patient transfers between care
settings and linking with local community
pharmacists.
d. Provide specialist expertise, where
competent, to address both the public
health and social care needs of
patients including lifestyle advice, service
information and help in tackling local
health inequalities.
e. Maintain a central role in the
clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist
pharmacists for more complex patients.
f. Support initiatives for
antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate
antibiotic prescribing.
g. Assist in the delivery of medicines
optimisation and management incentive
schemes and patient safety audits.
h. Support the implementation of
national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and
other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical
audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and
contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and the Investment and
Impact Fund (IIF) objectives.
i. Attend a formal appraisal with your
manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has
been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives
can be agreed
j. Contribute to public health
campaigns through advice or direct care.
k. Maintain a clean, tidy, effective
working area at all times.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Pharmacy Technician is to
undertake the following clinical responsibilities in delivering health
services:
a. Undertake patient facing and
patient supporting roles to ensure effective
medicines use, through shared
decision-making conversations with
patients
b. Conduct medicines optimisation
tasks including effective medicine
administration (e.g., checking inhaler
technique), support medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation.
Where required, utilise consultation
skills to work in partnership with
patients to ensure they use their
medicines effectively.
c. Support, as determined by the PCN,
medication reviews and medicines
reconciliation for new care home
patients and synchronise medicines for
patient transfers between care
settings and linking with local community
pharmacists.
d. Provide specialist expertise, where
competent, to address both the public
health and social care needs of
patients including lifestyle advice, service
information and help in tackling local
health inequalities.
e. Maintain a central role in the
clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist
pharmacists for more complex patients.
f. Support initiatives for
antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate
antibiotic prescribing.
g. Assist in the delivery of medicines
optimisation and management incentive
schemes and patient safety audits.
h. Support the implementation of
national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and
other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical
audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and
contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and the Investment and
Impact Fund (IIF) objectives.
i. Attend a formal appraisal with your
manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has
been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives
can be agreed
j. Contribute to public health
campaigns through advice or direct care.
k. Maintain a clean, tidy, effective
working area at all times.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC.
- Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician.
- 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
- Evidence of commitment to and able to demonstrate CPD including Management qualification and professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a hospital, community, or general practice setting.
- Working primary care including Emis knowledge of IT NHS.
- Is working under appropriate clinical supervision to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF, PCN Network Contract DES and IIF
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC.
- Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician.
- 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
- Evidence of commitment to and able to demonstrate CPD including Management qualification and professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a hospital, community, or general practice setting.
- Working primary care including Emis knowledge of IT NHS.
- Is working under appropriate clinical supervision to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF, PCN Network Contract DES and IIF
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).
