Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and well-organised individual to join the Primary Care Network team at Coastal PCN as a Pharmacy Technician.
Our PCN has a population of over 30,000 patients set on the beautiful south coast of Cornwall, incorporating 4 practices in close proximity, with excellent inter-relations and a long history of successfully working together. Our population is diverse compared to other areas in Cornwall, with varying levels of socio-economic status, young families and elderly patients all of whom make providing care very interesting.
We are highly passionate about providing good quality patient care and all four practices regularly appear in the top ten practices in Cornwall for patient satisfaction.
You will be joining a team of two Pharm Techs who work closely with our practice team and our remote Pharmacy service. The hours are flexible and can range from 18 to 30 hours.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Pharmacy in General
Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new
model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred,
coordinated care across the region. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model
is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year
Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the
role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe
and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on
general practice.
The purpose of the role is to
lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing
to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help patients to
get the best from their medicines by switching medications 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.
In addition, the post holder will
be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the
principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and
promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will
involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICE
implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.
About us
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and well-organised individual to join the Primary Care Network team at Coastal PCN as a Pharmacy Technician.
Our PCN has a population of over 30,000 patients set on the beautiful south coast of Cornwall, incorporating 4 practices in close proximity, with excellent inter-relations and a long history of successfully working together. Our population is diverse compared to other areas in Cornwall, with varying levels of socio-economic status, young families and elderly patients all of whom make providing care very interesting.
We are highly passionate about providing good quality patient care and all four practices regularly appear in the top ten practices in Cornwall for patient satisfaction.
You will be joining a team of two Pharm Techs who work closely with our practice team and our remote Pharmacy service. The hours are flexible and can range from 18 to 30 hours.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertake
patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use,
through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
Carry out
medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g.
checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines
reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in
partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
As
determined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation
for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers
between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies
Support the clinical teams
in Structured Medication Reviews (SMR)
i.e. organise necessary
monitoring tests prior to SMR
Provide
expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice,
service information and help in tackling
local health inequalities.
Manage
shared care protocols and liaise with the clinical team for more complex patients.
Support
initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic
prescribing locally.
Technical and Administrative
Support the
PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation
processes are being followed.
Implement
efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.
Provide
training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines,
including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
Promotion of Electronic
Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering
Develop
relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the
multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care
including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
Support
practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and
clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
Support the
implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP
practices, care homes and other primary care
settings.
Support the
PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
Supporting
quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;
Support the
PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertake
patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use,
through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
Carry out
medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g.
checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines
reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in
partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
As
determined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation
for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers
between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies
Support the clinical teams
in Structured Medication Reviews (SMR)
i.e. organise necessary
monitoring tests prior to SMR
Provide
expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice,
service information and help in tackling
local health inequalities.
Manage
shared care protocols and liaise with the clinical team for more complex patients.
Support
initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic
prescribing locally.
Technical and Administrative
Support the
PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation
processes are being followed.
Implement
efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.
Provide
training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines,
including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
Promotion of Electronic
Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering
Develop
relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the
multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care
including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
Support
practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and
clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
Support the
implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP
practices, care homes and other primary care
settings.
Support the
PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
Supporting
quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;
Support the
PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Pharm Tech - will be supported to achieve the PCN Pharm Tech pathway.
Desirable
- Experience in Primary Care Dispensing
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Pharm Tech - will be supported to achieve the PCN Pharm Tech pathway.
Desirable
- Experience in Primary Care Dispensing
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.