Job summary
The East Cornwall Primary Care Network is delighted to
offer an exciting opportunity for Pharmacy Technician to
join our innovative and expanding pharmacy team. This is an
exciting opportunity to provide key Pharmacy Technician expertise to
GP practices within the locality. We are recruiting to two full time positions, one permanent and one fixed term maternity cover.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and highly
motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our team of clinicians working across
East Cornwall. Whilst experience of working in primary care and knowledge of GP
practice working is desirable for this role, all backgrounds will be considered
as this is an innovative and exciting area of practice with broad scope for
development and further training.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be contributing towards a one team culture throughout the organisation and promoting a patient centred ethos of Putting Patients First. The post holder will be an integral part of the primary care team within the practice working as part of the multi-disciplinary team of doctors, pharmacists and nurses.
As a Technician working across one or a number of East Cornwall practices you will manage your own workload to provide a broad range of services to fully utilise the expertise a pharmacy technician can bring to the primary care team. This would include seeing patients for medication queries, assisting with prescribing related issues, enhancing prescription processes within the primary care team and deliver high quality improvement/patient safety interventions via the use of clinical audit. You will help support the East PCN with core medicine optimisation activities and ensure the safe and effective use of medicines across East Cornwall.
About us
East Cornwall PCN is an award winning PCN serving a registered population of over 72,000, across a wide geographical area.
Our vision is to be a trusted partnership, maintaining the high quality primary care in South East Cornwall.
Our mission is empowering our teams to deliver excellence in patient centred care whilst supporting the long term sustainability of general practice.
Our purpose is to deliver the DES contract; support practices to be sustainable; enable collaboration amongst members and develop services that deliver a return on investment.
The PCN is comprised of seven member practices and has a combination of core services, provided from a central hub, as well as practice-based services. The pharmacy team includes clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, working across a number of sites, as well as a remote service provision.
We pride ourselves on providing a friendly and supported working environment as part of a large and expanding PCN team of pharmacists and technicians with extensive experience of primary care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will deliver core pharmacy technician duties to our practices within the East Cornwall Primary Care Network as one of the multidisciplinary clinical team. Duties will include dealing with prescription queries, synchronisation of repeat medications, processing discharge summaries/clinic letters, undertaking clinical audits and promoting best prescribing practice as part of patient centred care within the surgeries where they are based. The post holder will work as part of a growing team of pharmacy technicians across the practices in East Cornwall to deliver health and medicines optimisation interventions at a neighbourhood population level. Working arrangements may be in person in practice or via remote assistance as part of a virtual team of clinicians.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will deliver core pharmacy technician duties to our practices within the East Cornwall Primary Care Network as one of the multidisciplinary clinical team. Duties will include dealing with prescription queries, synchronisation of repeat medications, processing discharge summaries/clinic letters, undertaking clinical audits and promoting best prescribing practice as part of patient centred care within the surgeries where they are based. The post holder will work as part of a growing team of pharmacy technicians across the practices in East Cornwall to deliver health and medicines optimisation interventions at a neighbourhood population level. Working arrangements may be in person in practice or via remote assistance as part of a virtual team of clinicians.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- NHS experience in Primary Care, Hospital or Community Pharmacy
- Delivery of Medicines Management Standards and Policies
- Experience of working with primary health care teams
- Experience of working on projects where post holder uses own initiative and manages own time
Desirable
- Experience of providing advice to GPs and primary care clinicians
- Experience in analysing Eclipse/prescribing data
- Experience in audit
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of promoting formulary adherence within primary care
- Experience using GP clinical systems (e.g. SystmOne and EMIS)
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational NVQ3 level Pharmacy Technician qualification, or equivalent comprehensive experience.
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development
- Experience of working within primary care settings
Desirable
- Registration with the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
- Completion of additional medicines management training
- Completion/Enrolment in the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or equivalent
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- NHS experience in Primary Care, Hospital or Community Pharmacy
- Delivery of Medicines Management Standards and Policies
- Experience of working with primary health care teams
- Experience of working on projects where post holder uses own initiative and manages own time
Desirable
- Experience of providing advice to GPs and primary care clinicians
- Experience in analysing Eclipse/prescribing data
- Experience in audit
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of promoting formulary adherence within primary care
- Experience using GP clinical systems (e.g. SystmOne and EMIS)
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational NVQ3 level Pharmacy Technician qualification, or equivalent comprehensive experience.
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development
- Experience of working within primary care settings
Desirable
- Registration with the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
- Completion of additional medicines management training
- Completion/Enrolment in the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or equivalent
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).
