Job summary
MDC PCN
are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join their pharmacy team.
Pharmacy
technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists,
community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team.
Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities
will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role will include:
Supporting Structured Medication Reviews
Counsel patients on Medicines
Prescription Management
Conducting medicines reconciliation
Conducts medicines
Audits
About us
Bromley GP Alliance Department Information
BGPA is a federation of all 43 Bromley practices working collaboratively
to enhance the health and wellbeing of Bromley residents, covering over 350,000
patients, 100% of the Bromley population.
BGPAs partner organisation is Bromley Education and Training Hub
(BETH). BETH supports education, training and professional development across
primary care in Bromley and beyond.
Organisational Values / Objectives
BGPAs goals
are to work strategically with Bromley
practices to help secure the best services for patients whilst working together
to support member practices in the challenges of a changing NHS.
BGPA aims to improve the morale of general
practice in Bromley by sharing expertise, services and supporting its
workforce.
BGPA will make a positive impact
on medical services in Bromley by working closely with One Bromley Partners
including NHS SEL ICB, local NHS trusts, local providers and patient groups, to
improve the delivery of healthcare to the local population.
At
BGPA we truly believe that diversity fosters creativity and
innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive,
and to being a place where all belong.
We
want a workplace culture that truly reflects our values. We particularly
encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in
the BGPA workforce.
These
include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled
people and LGBTQI+ people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To 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 on partnership with patients to
ensure they use their medicines effectively.
Support, as determined by the PCN, medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and
linking with local community pharmacists.
Provide specialist expertise, where competent,
to address both the public health and social care needs of patients,
including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local
health inequalities
Take a central role in the clinical aspects of
shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more
complex patients
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Assist in the delivery of medicines
optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits
Support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other
primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical
audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and
contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
Work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to
ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient
ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage
Supervise practice reception teams in
sorting and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and
clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
Provide leadership for medicines optimisation
systems across PCNs, supporting practices with a range of services to get the
best value from medicines by encouraging and implementing Electronic
Prescriptions, safe repeat prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and
management of high-risk medicines
Provide training and support on the legal,
safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the
Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To 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 on partnership with patients to
ensure they use their medicines effectively.
Support, as determined by the PCN, medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and
linking with local community pharmacists.
Provide specialist expertise, where competent,
to address both the public health and social care needs of patients,
including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local
health inequalities
Take a central role in the clinical aspects of
shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more
complex patients
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Assist in the delivery of medicines
optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits
Support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other
primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical
audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and
contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
Work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to
ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient
ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage
Supervise practice reception teams in
sorting and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and
clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
Provide leadership for medicines optimisation
systems across PCNs, supporting practices with a range of services to get the
best value from medicines by encouraging and implementing Electronic
Prescriptions, safe repeat prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and
management of high-risk medicines
Provide training and support on the legal,
safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the
Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
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.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent time management.
- Good numeracy and analytical skills.
- Confident and assertive in liaising with other professionals.
- Ability to use initiative.
- Self-motivated.
- Good presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Good computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft office.
- Current driving licence and access to own transport.
Desirable
- Experience of working within Primary Care
- Experience of EMIS GP System
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills particularly with prescribers, older people and carers.
- Ability to deal with difficult issues/situations with diplomacy and sensitivity.
- Ability to work on own initiative, able to plan, prioritise, make decisions and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work well in a team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of a pharmacy technician training or education program
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GphC)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent time management.
- Good numeracy and analytical skills.
- Confident and assertive in liaising with other professionals.
- Ability to use initiative.
- Self-motivated.
- Good presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Good computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft office.
- Current driving licence and access to own transport.
Desirable
- Experience of working within Primary Care
- Experience of EMIS GP System
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills particularly with prescribers, older people and carers.
- Ability to deal with difficult issues/situations with diplomacy and sensitivity.
- Ability to work on own initiative, able to plan, prioritise, make decisions and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work well in a team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of a pharmacy technician training or education program
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (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).
