Job summary
37.5 hours per week or 2 x 18.75 hours per week
Hello, we are Minerva Primary Care Network. We are a group of 4 like minded practices based in Bath.
We
have a highly regarded Pharmacy Team consisting of 6 Clinical Pharmacists and 3
Pharmacy Technicians working across our member practices. We are looking to
recruit a Pharmacy Technician to cover a period of maternity leave.
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be an
integral part of the PCN and practice teams.
Working closely with the clinical teams and other primary care
colleagues in the practice and within the primary care network (PCN) to support
patient care, develop best practice and provide mutual support.
Main duties of the job
The
role is to support the Practice based Clinical Pharmacists to ensure the
delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing,
medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient
outcomes.
The
post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and support all
Practice staff to develop and improve processes. Innovative ideas are welcomed, and excellent
communication skills, enthusiasm and motivation are essential skills for a
successful candidate.
A
key part of the role will be dealing with daily medication requests and queries
and communicating with patients and Community Pharmacies.
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 Practices in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation
and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.
Working
hours and location/s to be agreed with the selected candidate. Access to all Practice clinical computer
systems is available from each Practice site to enable remote working from different
practices within the PCN.
About us
Minerva Primary Care Network (PCN) is a group of 4 GP practices located in Bath consisting of Combe Down Surgery, Newbridge Surgery, Rush Hill & Weston Surgery and St Michaels Surgery. We have a combined list size of 40,000 patients and we continue to grow.
We have a strong and successful history of working collaboratively and have a number of staff successfully working across all our practices.Collectively we have a strong focus on high quality patient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The following is not an exhaustive list and the post holder
may at times need to undertake duties as per the needs of the PCN.
Manage incoming medication requests, e.g. from Patients,
Pharmacies, Care Homes etc.
Assisting the Practice admin teams with medication queries.
Liaise with patients to resolve queries and support their
use of medication.
Contribute towards improvement of prescribing processes in
general practice.
Conducts medicines reconciliation for patients discharged
from hospital.
Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online
ordering.
Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose
optimisation and medicines synchronization.
Use and maintain information systems and databases relevant
to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation,
prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes.
Handle function specific information, which may be
sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring
and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection
Act, Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct.
To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct
prescribing audits.
To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical
audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice.
Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist on the delivery
of the new Primary Care Networks specification model.
Where applicable, contribute and participate in practice
meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve
engagement of the role of pharmacy technician and to promote issues relevant to
prescribing and medicines optimization.
To be responsible for the organisation and planning of own
workload to meet set deadlines.
To undertake learning and development to maintain the
required knowledge and skills for practice based work
To carry out other duties which are appropriate to the
skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the
priorities of the service change.
Work autonomously within agreed parameters.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The following is not an exhaustive list and the post holder
may at times need to undertake duties as per the needs of the PCN.
Manage incoming medication requests, e.g. from Patients,
Pharmacies, Care Homes etc.
Assisting the Practice admin teams with medication queries.
Liaise with patients to resolve queries and support their
use of medication.
Contribute towards improvement of prescribing processes in
general practice.
Conducts medicines reconciliation for patients discharged
from hospital.
Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online
ordering.
Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose
optimisation and medicines synchronization.
Use and maintain information systems and databases relevant
to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation,
prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes.
Handle function specific information, which may be
sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring
and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection
Act, Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct.
To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct
prescribing audits.
To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical
audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice.
Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist on the delivery
of the new Primary Care Networks specification model.
Where applicable, contribute and participate in practice
meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve
engagement of the role of pharmacy technician and to promote issues relevant to
prescribing and medicines optimization.
To be responsible for the organisation and planning of own
workload to meet set deadlines.
To undertake learning and development to maintain the
required knowledge and skills for practice based work
To carry out other duties which are appropriate to the
skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the
priorities of the service change.
Work autonomously within agreed parameters.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC
- Qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Therapeutics
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care and completion of the CPPE Primary Care Education Pathway or equivalent.
- Refer to attached person spec for more details.
Desirable
- Refer to attached person spec for more details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC
- Qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Therapeutics
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care and completion of the CPPE Primary Care Education Pathway or equivalent.
- Refer to attached person spec for more details.
Desirable
- Refer to attached person spec for more details.
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).
