Job summary
Diamond Health Group has an exciting opportunity to recruit a forward-thinking pharmacy technician to join our well established practice team.
We are looking to recruit a skilled, experienced and enthusiastic pharmacy technician to support our medicines management team. You will be working with the support of our experienced practice pharmacist and prescription clerks, in order to assist with a variety of tasks including medicines reconciliation, resolving medication queries from patients and community pharmacies, drug monitoring, updating processes and supporting patient safety.
As part of the role you will have direct contact with the GPs, practice pharmacist, prescription clerks, multidisciplinary practice team, community pharmacies and secondary care, as well as having contact with patients and carers.
The hours for the position will be flexible and negotiable up to 37.5 hours per week (full time) and applications are welcome for both full time and part-time hours.
We offer 27 days annual leave per year (pro rata) and enrolment in the NHS Pension Scheme.
For more information regarding the position, please contact Shannon Wiltshire, HR & Patients Services Manager via email.
Main duties of the job
To support the practice in providing safe, effective and efficient systems for medicines reconciliation on transfer of care.
Leading the prescription team in processing repeat prescription requests, ensuring safe systems and supporting them in resolving queries.
Helping patients to get the best from their medicines by supporting systems to improve the continuity of care, supporting improvements to streamline the repeat prescribing processes, minimising clinical risk and reducing waste.
Please see the attached job description for more information.
About us
Diamond Health Group is situated in central Yeovil, with a branch site on the outskirts at Abbey Manor Park; we are an established and dynamic Practice, with a list size of approximately 14,000 patients. We are a forward-thinking organisation with a multi-professional workforce striving to provide high quality care, education and training. Hendford Lodge Medical Centre is accredited as a training practice and believes in building for the future, having a strong track record of training a range of both health professionals and non-clinical staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the practice pharmacist and clinicians, including:
- Training support for the prescription clerk team
- Carry out medicines reconciliation from hospital discharge summaries, outpatient letters or other letters in accordance with practice protocols and to update patients medical records and prescriptions
- Carry out medication switches, dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation to ensure safe and cost-effective prescribing
- Initiate repeat prescribing (eRD) for appropriate patients
- Provide advice to GPs, staff and patients in changes to prescribing in order to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness
- Participate in medication audits and quality improvement projects
- Support the practice to meet QOF indicators
- Support patient safety with high-risk drug monitoring and other safety scorecard indicators
- Respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to the appropriate clinician as necessary
- Advise on the sourcing and safe management of medicines as appropriate
- Action drug alerts
- Act as a link between practice and local community and hospital pharmacy services
- Undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the practice pharmacist and clinicians, including:
- Training support for the prescription clerk team
- Carry out medicines reconciliation from hospital discharge summaries, outpatient letters or other letters in accordance with practice protocols and to update patients medical records and prescriptions
- Carry out medication switches, dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation to ensure safe and cost-effective prescribing
- Initiate repeat prescribing (eRD) for appropriate patients
- Provide advice to GPs, staff and patients in changes to prescribing in order to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness
- Participate in medication audits and quality improvement projects
- Support the practice to meet QOF indicators
- Support patient safety with high-risk drug monitoring and other safety scorecard indicators
- Respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to the appropriate clinician as necessary
- Advise on the sourcing and safe management of medicines as appropriate
- Action drug alerts
- Act as a link between practice and local community and hospital pharmacy services
- Undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing pharmaceutical and prescribing advice
- Practical experience of using clinical systems used in primary care
- Experience of prescriptions processes and systems
Desirable
- At least 2 years practical experience of working as a pharmacy technician in primary care, community or secondary care setting
- Experience of systems to support patients in Primary Care setting
- Good clinical pharmacy knowledge
- Experience of project implementation
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Accredited Medicines Management Technician
Personal qualities
Essential
- Attention to detail
- Good communication skills, written and oral
- IT and Keyboard skills
- Ability to follow procedures and work to deadlines
- Ability to handle situations of potential conflict
- Problem solving skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to plan and organise
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing pharmaceutical and prescribing advice
- Practical experience of using clinical systems used in primary care
- Experience of prescriptions processes and systems
Desirable
- At least 2 years practical experience of working as a pharmacy technician in primary care, community or secondary care setting
- Experience of systems to support patients in Primary Care setting
- Good clinical pharmacy knowledge
- Experience of project implementation
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Accredited Medicines Management Technician
Personal qualities
Essential
- Attention to detail
- Good communication skills, written and oral
- IT and Keyboard skills
- Ability to follow procedures and work to deadlines
- Ability to handle situations of potential conflict
- Problem solving skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to plan and organise
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).
