Job summary
Are you interested in a career with a genuinely integrated care organisation? Do you want to be part of a new organisation that is developing pathways and services to transform the way that care is delivered locally? Are you interested in improving the health of our local population? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then we are looking for you.
Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust (DIHC) is the first Integrated Care Provider in the country. It was launched in April 2020 following a period of development and integrates primary care with community services within the Dudley healthcare system. Our core aim is Dudley First, community where possible and hospital where necessary, and our purpose is to improve the health and wellbeing of our local population in Dudley.
We are looking to recruit pharmacy technician(s) to join our well established clinical pharmacy team in Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust (DIHC)
Dudley has 6 primary care networks each of which has a dedicated team of pharmacists supporting individual practices. As a team, we offer a friendly and supportive working environment where you can develop your skills and make a real impact on patient care.
The PCN Pharmacy Technician role within DIHC provides an exciting opportunity to develop and use your skills in a patient-facing environment. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will play an important role complementing our clinical pharmacists and other members of the PCN MDT.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the role is to promote and support improvements to maximise safe and best practice in prescribing, help to develop processes and systems for safer prescribing, reduce medicines waste and improve the quality of patient care.
You will undertake patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, carry out medicines optimisation tasks, clinical audit and medicines reconciliation to support our clinical pharmacists and the wider primary care team. The role will assist in delivery of our integrated work plan and incentive schemes.
If you are a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacy technician looking for a new challenge in primary care this could be an exciting opportunity for you.
About us
DIHC is committed to embracing diversity and we recognise the need to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities we serve to enable us to achieve our purpose and commitments.
We recognise that we are under-represented in a number of areas, and therefore want to positively encourage applications from individuals from black, Asian or other ethnically diverse groups, people with disabilities and people from the LGBT community.
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
Flexible working options can also be discussed in more detail with the Recruiting Manager for the post, or line manager once in post as part of our Flexible Working Policy. Please be advised that requests will be considered based upon the service structure and service needs once in post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification for more specific information about this post.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/ where you can also find out more about how to access vaccinations.
DIHC presents the unique opportunity to welcome staff into a new type of NHS Trust where they can work in partnership with others to create A Great Place to Work. For more information, please look at our website www.dihc.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification for more specific information about this post.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/ where you can also find out more about how to access vaccinations.
DIHC presents the unique opportunity to welcome staff into a new type of NHS Trust where they can work in partnership with others to create A Great Place to Work. For more information, please look at our website www.dihc.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general level of education to GCSE (A* - C Grade) or equivalent
- Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable
- Medicines reconciliation Certificate or equivalent
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work
- Proficient in the use of IT e.g. MS Office Outlook, Excel working with spread sheets and databases
Desirable
- Experience of prescribing/clinical systems such as SystemOne
- Recent previous experience within comparable role in General Practice
- Previous experience working within a patient facing role
- Awareness of Medicines Management agenda
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment
- Motivational & negotiation skills
- Self-motivated, able to work collaboratively and independently
Desirable
- People management
- Ability to make decisions
Analytical & Judgement skills
Essential
- Knowledge of audit and research
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk management
Planning & Organisational skills
Essential
- Time management skills. Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general level of education to GCSE (A* - C Grade) or equivalent
- Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable
- Medicines reconciliation Certificate or equivalent
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work
- Proficient in the use of IT e.g. MS Office Outlook, Excel working with spread sheets and databases
Desirable
- Experience of prescribing/clinical systems such as SystemOne
- Recent previous experience within comparable role in General Practice
- Previous experience working within a patient facing role
- Awareness of Medicines Management agenda
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment
- Motivational & negotiation skills
- Self-motivated, able to work collaboratively and independently
Desirable
- People management
- Ability to make decisions
Analytical & Judgement skills
Essential
- Knowledge of audit and research
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk management
Planning & Organisational skills
Essential
- Time management skills. Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
The post will be covering various GP practices
Brierley Hill Health Social Care Centre
Dudley
DY5 1RU
Employer's website
https://www.dihc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
