Job summary
South Reading and Shinfield Group Medical Practice are seeking a Pharmacy
Technician to improve the quality and safety of care delivered to patients across its
practice.
This is a new and exciting opportunity to be a part of an expanding and diverse Team.
You will work across two sites delivered by the organisations, improving patient care.
With a strong sense of community and great staff members we look to go above and
beyond for our registered patients.
The post holder is a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical
Council. They are required to act within their professional boundaries, supporting and
working alongside a multi-disciplinary team within General Practice.
The post holder will contribute to improving prescribing practice and patient care.
This includes improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practices, promoting digitalisation, reducing medicines waste and minimising clinical risk associated with
medicines taking.
The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines, operating
within clear protocols and guidance.
Main duties of the job
All Pharmacy Technicians must work within their competencies and have professional indemnity for their role.
- To play an active role ensuring regular medication audits are carried out and
that key performance indicators for the team are actively monitored, reviewed
and achieved. This includes helping to ensure consistent practice in GP
prescribing
- Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive
schemes and patient safety audits.
- To work closely with local pharmacies who are based near the practice.
- To ensure dose optimisation on medicines and to oversee the team work for
medication switches and synchronisation to ensure safe and effective
prescribing.
- Liaison with community pharmacies on the introduction of electronic repeat
dispensing as appropriate, and to improve efficiencies.
- To support the practice pharmacists and clinicians with medicines
reconciliation in accordance with the practice protocols and to update patients
medical records and prescriptions.
- Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so
as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex
requests
- To play a key role in the practice work flow process regarding medication.
This would include appropriate coding of medication in letters.
- Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of
patients, including lifestyle advice and help in tackling
local health inequalities
About us
South
Reading and Shinfield Group Medical Practice is a long established large GP
Practice, rated GOOD in all categories by CQC. The Practice is located across
two sites in South Reading. Our friendly, professional and experienced GPs,
extended range of MDT and administrative teams offering a wide range of
clinical services.
We do not employ staff who are
registered at the practice as patients. If employment is offered, it is on the
condition of registration with another GP practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To play an active role ensuring regular medication audits are carried out and that key performance indicators for the team are actively monitored, reviewed and achieved. This includes helping to ensure consistent practice in GP prescribing.
Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits.
To work closely with local pharmacies who are based near the practice.
Attending weekly GP meetings at the practice to provide advice when there may be supply issues
To ensure dose optimisation on medicines and to oversee the team work for medication switches and synchronisation to ensure safe and effective prescribing.
Management of temporary and permanent prescribing changes at scale (ie due to supply issues or formulary changes)
Liaison with community pharmacies on the introduction of electronic repeat dispensing as appropriate, and to improve efficiencies.
To provide advice to GPs, staff and patients in changes to prescribing in order to support improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness (eg asthma inhalers)
To support the practice pharmacists and clinicians with medicines reconciliation in accordance with the practice protocols and to update patients medical records and prescriptions
To respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to appropriate clinician as appropriate and ensure this ethos is present throughout the team.
Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
To support the stock controller on sourcing and safe management of medicines as appropriate.
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
To play an active role ensuring regular medication audits are carried out and that key performance indicators for the team are actively monitored, reviewed and achieved. This includes helping to ensure consistent practice in GP prescribing.
Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits.
To work closely with local pharmacies who are based near the practice.
Attending weekly GP meetings at the practice to provide advice when there may be supply issues
To ensure dose optimisation on medicines and to oversee the team work for medication switches and synchronisation to ensure safe and effective prescribing.
Management of temporary and permanent prescribing changes at scale (ie due to supply issues or formulary changes)
Liaison with community pharmacies on the introduction of electronic repeat dispensing as appropriate, and to improve efficiencies.
To provide advice to GPs, staff and patients in changes to prescribing in order to support improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness (eg asthma inhalers)
To support the practice pharmacists and clinicians with medicines reconciliation in accordance with the practice protocols and to update patients medical records and prescriptions
To respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to appropriate clinician as appropriate and ensure this ethos is present throughout the team.
Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
To support the stock controller on sourcing and safe management of medicines as appropriate.
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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To be considered, you must hold a minimum of
- 4 GCSE's at Grade C or above (or equivalent qualification) in English, Mathematics and Science subjects
- General Pharmaceutical Council Registration
Desirable
- NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- 4 GCSE's minimum of Grade C (or equivalent) in Maths, English and two Sciences
Desirable
- Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems and Microsoft office packages
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To be considered, you must hold a minimum of
- 4 GCSE's at Grade C or above (or equivalent qualification) in English, Mathematics and Science subjects
- General Pharmaceutical Council Registration
Desirable
- NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- 4 GCSE's minimum of Grade C (or equivalent) in Maths, English and two Sciences
Desirable
- Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems and Microsoft office packages
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).