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.
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 changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients.
Values
Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do.
Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.
St Neots PCN is a forward-thinking Primary Care Network (PCN) comprising of three practices. We have built and developed a growing pharmacy team and recognise the value that these roles will bring to our practices and our patients, we now look forward to growing our PCN team. You will be joining an established, dynamic and varied team, whose aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.
We strongly believe in learning and teaching to progress personal development. Further training and development is encouraged to help build your role according to your aspirations and the needs of the business.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
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
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.
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
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy
Desirable
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either Primary Care or a hospital pharmacy
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- Professional Registration with the GPhC
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy
Desirable
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either Primary Care or a hospital pharmacy
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- Professional Registration with the GPhC
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).
