Job summary
Lakeside Healthcare is continuing to expand its team
of Pharmacy Technicians across the organisation and its Primary Care Network
member practices. We aim to build the largest Pharmacy Technician workforce in
General Practice. We value the contribution that Pharmacy Technicians make
within our multi-disciplinary teams, and we aim to continue to safely push the
boundaries in-order to develop the Pharmacy Technician role.
This is a part-time position working 25 hour per week.
Salary Range:£24,000 - £28,000 (full-time equivalent) depending on experience.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to predominately support our
Pharmacists with Medicines Reconciliation and Medication Reviews. This is an
innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure
safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare. As
a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from
clinic and discharge letters and will develop further as the role of the
Pharmacy team expands within the organisation. It is vital that effective systems
and procedures are in place to ensure that this process is effective, safe and
efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to day management of
this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process also
ensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the
medication they are prescribed.
If you are working across a Primary Care Network, you
will be required to complete the 15 month CPPE Training pathway for Pharmacy
Technicians. Please see the CPPE website for further information.
Within the Supporting
Information of your application please state the number of hours and days you
wish to work.
About us
Lakeside Healthcare is a large GP
partnership that provides NHS care for around 170,000 patients across
Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. We are made of
eight GP practices across 14 sites that are part of their local communities.
We work together as practices to
provide resilience, sharing learning and professional back-office support
services.
Our most important asset is our
people, who provide care for our patients and help run our surgeries smoothly.
We employ over 500 clinical and non-clinical staff, and we invest in training
and developing to ensure that we retain and attract good quality staff who want
to stay with us and be part of our team.
We are proud of what we do and
strive to demonstrate our values of Caring, Respect, Quality and Teamwork in
everything we do.
About the Team
South Peterborough PCN is a large, forward-thinking Primary Care Network compromising four practices across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. We recognise the value that this role can bring to our practices and our patients and we look forward to growing our PCN team. Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.
South Peterborough PCN consists of 4 practices Lakeside Yaxley, Lakeside New Queen Street, Wansford Practice and Old Fletton Surgery. For more information on primary care networks please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/primary-care-networks/
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY:
The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.
This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.
As a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters, and will develop further as the role of the Pharmacy team expands within the organisation. It is vital that effective systems and procedures are in place to ensure that this process is effective, safe and efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to day management of this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process also ensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the medication they are prescribed.
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Job Responsibilities/Principal Duties to include:
- Medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters.
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols.
Level 1 medication reviews to include:- Identifying patients on repeat medication who have not had a medication review.
- Check medical notes to assess if any monitoring is required and arrange as appropriate.
- Update medication as appropriate following defined protocols.
- Remove any old or unnecessary medication from repeat.
- Update quantities to provide appropriate supply each month.
- Review dosage instructions to ensure concise and clear instructions.
- Ensure prescribing is in-line with the Lakeside Drug Formulary whilst taking consideration of CCG prescribing guidance.
- Support Clinical Pharmacists with general prescription requests and medication queries to allow them to review the more clinically complex requests.
- Liaise with the pharmacist if there are any concerns regarding patient medication regimens.
- Promote and support the implementation of electronic repeat dispensing.
- Conduct searches for audits and high-risk drug monitoring using clinical systems.
- Participate in practice meetings, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician within the Lakeside Pharmacy model and to promote issues relevant to prescribing.
- Undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice-based work.
- Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
- Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation incentive schemes and audits relating to MHRA alerts, drug monitoring and other patient safety initiatives.
- Develop relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.
Training and personal development:
You will participate in any training and development programmes implemented by Lakeside Healthcare.
This could include:
- Participation in individual performance reviews, including maintaining a record of your own personal and professional development.
- Working with the Senior Pharmacist and the Management team to assess own learning needs and undertaken any training as appropriate.
- Make effective use of learning opportunities inside and outside the workplace, and provide relevant feedback where appropriate.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments.
- Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY:
The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.
This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.
As a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters, and will develop further as the role of the Pharmacy team expands within the organisation. It is vital that effective systems and procedures are in place to ensure that this process is effective, safe and efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to day management of this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process also ensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the medication they are prescribed.
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Job Responsibilities/Principal Duties to include:
- Medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters.
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols.
Level 1 medication reviews to include:- Identifying patients on repeat medication who have not had a medication review.
- Check medical notes to assess if any monitoring is required and arrange as appropriate.
- Update medication as appropriate following defined protocols.
- Remove any old or unnecessary medication from repeat.
- Update quantities to provide appropriate supply each month.
- Review dosage instructions to ensure concise and clear instructions.
- Ensure prescribing is in-line with the Lakeside Drug Formulary whilst taking consideration of CCG prescribing guidance.
- Support Clinical Pharmacists with general prescription requests and medication queries to allow them to review the more clinically complex requests.
- Liaise with the pharmacist if there are any concerns regarding patient medication regimens.
- Promote and support the implementation of electronic repeat dispensing.
- Conduct searches for audits and high-risk drug monitoring using clinical systems.
- Participate in practice meetings, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician within the Lakeside Pharmacy model and to promote issues relevant to prescribing.
- Undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice-based work.
- Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
- Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation incentive schemes and audits relating to MHRA alerts, drug monitoring and other patient safety initiatives.
- Develop relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.
Training and personal development:
You will participate in any training and development programmes implemented by Lakeside Healthcare.
This could include:
- Participation in individual performance reviews, including maintaining a record of your own personal and professional development.
- Working with the Senior Pharmacist and the Management team to assess own learning needs and undertaken any training as appropriate.
- Make effective use of learning opportunities inside and outside the workplace, and provide relevant feedback where appropriate.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments.
- Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences.
- Professional Registration with the GPhC.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy.
- Good knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy and general medical terminology.
- Good standard of written and spoken English.
- Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either a CCG or hospital pharmacy.
- Experience of clinical systems (SystmOne/Emis/Vision).
- An appreciation of NHS agenda and CCG targets relating to prescribing.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences.
- Professional Registration with the GPhC.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy.
- Good knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy and general medical terminology.
- Good standard of written and spoken English.
- Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either a CCG or hospital pharmacy.
- Experience of clinical systems (SystmOne/Emis/Vision).
- An appreciation of NHS agenda and CCG targets relating to prescribing.
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).
