Job summary
Walsall One PCN - Modality Partnership
Walsall Division has a full-time vacancy for a PCN Pharmacy Technician on a
1-year fixed term contract. The postholder will be a high performing Pharmacy
Technician, working across the Partnership and the Walsall PCN Practices providing
Pharmacy Technician support along with Pharmacists, who together with
digital enablers such as online consultations, will create an innovative
pharmacy hub for patients. 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 patient
care and supporting patients with their health outcomes. Working with the wider
team such as Pharmacists, Prescribing teams, and GPs to ensure prescribing
targets are met and changes are made in a timely manner.
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
Enhanced Family friendly policies
Flexible working
Wellbeing support and initiative
If you are interested in learning
more, please read on.
Main duties of the job
The core role responsibilities will cover
clinical, and technical and administrative categories. The purpose of the role
is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in
prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help
patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to
agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in
General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering,
minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
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
Overview of Walsall West One PCN
We are a dynamic Primary Care Network of six passionate General
Practices within the West of Walsall. We have a dedicated, enthusiastic team of
health care professional comprising of different skills, and specialities
including; Physiotherapists, Paramedics, a Pharmacist Technician, Social
Prescribers and a Health Well-Being Coach.
Overview of
your organisation
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. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio
of skills in primary care with career advancing opportunities.
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.
Modality
Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring
equal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line with
the Equality Act, 2010.
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.
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: Modality Partnership reserves the right to close
this vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are
mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a
mandatory requirement.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their
right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one
must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
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.
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: Modality Partnership reserves the right to close
this vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are
mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a
mandatory requirement.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their
right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one
must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC Registered Pharmacy Technician
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services
Desirable
- Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH)
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
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
Experience
Essential
- 2 years experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems (desirable) and Microsoft office packages (essential)
- 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
Desirable
- Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH)
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
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
Experience
Essential
- 2 years experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems (desirable) and Microsoft office packages (essential)
- 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.
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).
