Job summary
Modality Partnership Mid Sussex Division has an exciting opportunity that has arisen for a Pharmacy
Technicians to join our established pharmacy team at the Modality Mid Sussex GP
partnership. The successful post holders
will be working alongside other pharmacy colleagues within the practice to
ultimately improve medicines safety, prescribing and further develop the role
that pharmacy technicians can play in this new fast paced and continually
developing area of work.We are
seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE
values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.
This job is
suitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for working
in an agile manner, organised, and can deliver on key organisational priorities
and who are committed to make real changes to the health care services provided
within Primary Care to improve patient care.
The job is not
suitable to people who are not resilient to working in a fast-paced
environment, working flexibly in line with ever changing demands in Primary
Care and the wider NHS.
As an employee with
us you can benefit from
Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata
Employee discounts and benefits scheme
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Education and career pathways
If you are interested in learning
more, please read on.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a pharmacy technician registered
with the General Pharmacy Council. They will work within their professional
boundaries to support the objectives of the GP, clinical and pharmacy team.
They are key to maximising the safe prescribing of medications across the partnership,
ensuring that targets for monitoring common medications are met, and working
with colleagues to enhance medicines optimisation and increase patient safety.
The pharmacy technician will also play an important role in efficient
prescribing, working to improve repeat prescribing processes and medicines
reconciliation. Working within guidelines and competencies agreed with the Lead
Pharmacist, they will also engage directly with patients, helping them to
better understand and benefit from their medications. Patient safety sits at
the heart of all these activities.
The role is not a regular 9am-5pm job;
the job requires innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the postholder
will be required to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks are
completed.
About us
We are one of
the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and
with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique,
we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the
implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the
organisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders to help us to
harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient and
staff satisfaction.
Modality Mid Sussex is a large practice serving 32,000 patients
across 4 sites (Ship Street Surgery, Judges Close Surgery, Crawley Down Health
Centre + Parkview Health Partnership) and belonging to the larger Modality
family. At Modality Mid Sussex, we have
multi-disciplinary professionals working across the sites including a well-established
pharmacy team.
All employees
are welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme.
We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways
and who align to our organisational values of CARE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love this job if you are
passionate about the role and want to be part of a pharmacy hub where you can
be innovative as part of a forward-thinking team to bring your ideas to the
table, you have a passion for thinking outside
the box, are responsive to organisation requirements where fast turnaround can
sometimes be required, you are driven to find and implement solutions to
improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because you
will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership
teams to influence service improvement.
You will hate
this role if you are seeking a job that is repetitive and you do not like fast
paced rota changes that may sometimes occur, you prefer the status quo and are
comfortable with more traditional ways of working.
Working under the supervision of the Lead Clinical Pharmacist
you will ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication
to patients, and will provide technical and administrative support to the
Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.
If you feel
this is the ideal career opportunity for you and you want to rise to the
challenge of working in a division of a GP super-partnership, we welcome an
application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this
vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL APPLICANTS THAT ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AN INTERVIEW MUST PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love this job if you are
passionate about the role and want to be part of a pharmacy hub where you can
be innovative as part of a forward-thinking team to bring your ideas to the
table, you have a passion for thinking outside
the box, are responsive to organisation requirements where fast turnaround can
sometimes be required, you are driven to find and implement solutions to
improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because you
will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership
teams to influence service improvement.
You will hate
this role if you are seeking a job that is repetitive and you do not like fast
paced rota changes that may sometimes occur, you prefer the status quo and are
comfortable with more traditional ways of working.
Working under the supervision of the Lead Clinical Pharmacist
you will ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication
to patients, and will provide technical and administrative support to the
Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.
If you feel
this is the ideal career opportunity for you and you want to rise to the
challenge of working in a division of a GP super-partnership, we welcome an
application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this
vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL APPLICANTS THAT ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AN INTERVIEW MUST PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC Registered Pharmacy Technician BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Works effectively independently and as a member of a team.
- Flexible approach to meet service needs and ensure a stakeholder focused response.
- Self-motivated and proactive.
- Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work.
- Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments if required.
- Independently mobile to be able to work across several sites and travel to meet with stakeholders.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Demonstrate ability to work in a busy environment; ability to deal with both urgent and important tasks and to prioritise effectively whilst also supporting others.
- Excellent time keeping and prioritisation skills.
Experience
Essential
- 2 years experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence based medicine.
- An appreciation of the NHS agenda and Government targets.
- Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the organisation(s).
- Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of PCN and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality.
- Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing.
- Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems and Microsoft office packages.
- Understand the aims of current healthcare policy within the PCN.
- Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data.
- Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily.
- Able to effectively manage allocated resources.
- Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload to meet strict deadlines.
- Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems.
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to adjust communication style and content to suit the audience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with team members, patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals. Whilst recognising peoples needs for alternative methods of communication.
- Influencing and negotiating skills.
- An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC Registered Pharmacy Technician BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Works effectively independently and as a member of a team.
- Flexible approach to meet service needs and ensure a stakeholder focused response.
- Self-motivated and proactive.
- Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work.
- Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments if required.
- Independently mobile to be able to work across several sites and travel to meet with stakeholders.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Demonstrate ability to work in a busy environment; ability to deal with both urgent and important tasks and to prioritise effectively whilst also supporting others.
- Excellent time keeping and prioritisation skills.
Experience
Essential
- 2 years experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence based medicine.
- An appreciation of the NHS agenda and Government targets.
- Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the organisation(s).
- Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of PCN and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality.
- Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing.
- Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems and Microsoft office packages.
- Understand the aims of current healthcare policy within the PCN.
- Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data.
- Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily.
- Able to effectively manage allocated resources.
- Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload to meet strict deadlines.
- Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems.
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to adjust communication style and content to suit the audience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with team members, patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals. Whilst recognising peoples needs for alternative methods of communication.
- Influencing and negotiating skills.
- An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues.
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.
