Clinical Pharmacy Technician

Park Lane Practice; Swindon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join a forward-thinking team in Swindon. The role focuses on improving patient care through effective medication management and collaboration with GP practices. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in pharmaceutical sciences and a commitment to professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience as a registered pharmacy technician in primary care or hospital pharmacy.
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD).

Responsibilities

• Support the Clinical Pharmacist to enhance prescribing practices.
• Conduct prescribing audits and promote electronic repeat dispensing.
• Assist in achieving national requirements and NICE implementation.

Skills

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Medicines Optimisation

Clinical Risk Management

Education

BTEC/NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Job description

Job summary

The Pharmacy Technician will support the role of theClinical Pharmacist to deliver the General Practice model of care. The purpose of the role is to leadimprovements to maximise safe, cost-effective prescribing in order to improvequality, efficiency and patient care. The post holder will supportpatients to maximise the benefits from their medication, at the same timeminimising clinical risk. This will include switching medications inaccordance with approved protocols, reducing medicines wastage and improvingrepeat prescribing processes (including promotion of repeat dispensing andonline ordering).

Main duties of the job

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Carry out medicines switches in GP practices in line with practice and ICB agreed specific protocols reviewing patients records; amending records and informing patients
• Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation
• Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering
• Report on key performance indicators for CPGP to demonstrate added value for patients and general practice in accordance with NICE guidance
• Use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes
• Work closely with GP practices and the ICB Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice lead
• Support the Medicines Optimisation team in the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation strategy
• To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines
• To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits e.g. SystmOne.
• To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice

About us

An exciting opportunity hasarisen for a Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly, innovative, expandingand forward thinking teams. We are looking to recruit anenthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our General Practice teams as weexpand and develop our services.

Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred, co-ordinated care across the district. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice.

The successful candidate will work across and support practices within the Brunel Primary Care Network 6 working within Park Lane Practice, Phoenix Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

The pharmacy technician will support the role of the pharmacist to deliver the Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model of care, including supporting and assisting a cluster of GP practices. 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 practices, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the GP Federation in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The pharmacy technician will support the role of the pharmacist to deliver the Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model of care, including supporting and assisting a cluster of GP practices. 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 practices, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the GP Federation in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Professional registration with GPhC

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Professional registration with GPhC

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy

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

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

Employer details

Employer name

Park Lane Practice
Address

7-9 Park Lane

Swindon

SN1 5HG

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