GP Practice Pharmacy Technician

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hengoed; Presencial; GBP 15 000 - 21 000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da oferta

Oakfield Street Surgery in Wales is hiring a pharmacy technician for a 12-month fixed-term post. The role is 25 hours per week and focuses on medicines optimisation, prescription management and medication reviews, under supervision of a Clinical Pharmacist or GP.

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is required. You will liaise with GPs, nurses, community pharmacists and care homes and support audits and QA contracts as part of a multidisciplinary primary care team.

Qualificações

• BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent pharmacy technician qualification.
• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out structured medication monitoring and follow-up within agreed protocols.
• Assist with medication reviews, flagging issues needing pharmacist or GP input.
• Support safe, evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing, including national and local guidance.
• Identify deprescribing and medication optimisation opportunities.
• Process repeat prescription requests and check them for appropriateness, with the Prescribing Clerks.
• Manage prescription synchronisation and medication queries, escalating complex ones.
• Support patients on repeat dispensing services.
• Carry out medicines reconciliation after hospital discharge, outpatient appointments and transfers, and resolve discrepancies.
• Escalate complex clinical concerns to the Clinical Pharmacist or GP.
• Use clinical systems to identify patients needing monitoring or review.
• Support prescribing audits, QAIF and other contract requirements.
• Extract and analyse prescribing and medicines-related data.

Conhecimentos

Communication

Organisation

Data management

Attention to detail

Workload management

Independent worker

Teamwork

Formação académica

BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This is a 12-month fixed-term pharmacy technician post in the multidisciplinary primary care team at Oakfield Street Surgery. The work centres on medicines optimisation, prescription management and medication reviews, carried out under a Clinical Pharmacist or GP. The role is 25 hours a week and involves liaison with GPs, nurses, community pharmacists and care homes. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is required.

What the job involves

• Carry out structured medication monitoring and follow-up within agreed protocols
• Assist with medication reviews, flagging issues needing pharmacist or GP input
• Support safe, evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing, including national and local guidance
• Identify deprescribing and medication optimisation opportunities
• Process repeat prescription requests and check them for appropriateness, with the Prescribing Clerks
• Manage prescription synchronisation and medication queries, escalating complex ones
• Support patients on repeat dispensing (batch) services
• Carry out medicines reconciliation after hospital discharge, outpatient appointments and transfers, and resolve discrepancies
• Escalate complex clinical concerns to the Clinical Pharmacist or GP
• Use clinical systems to identify patients needing monitoring or review
• Support prescribing audits, quality improvement and QAIF and other contract requirements
• Extract and analyse prescribing and medicines-related data

What’s required

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or an equivalent recognised pharmacy technician qualification

Registration & licences

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
• Good IT and data management skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Manage workload effectively and meet deadlines
• Work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Nice to have

• Experience working in general practice or a Primary Care Network
• Independent medicines management or medicines optimisation experience
• Experience of EMIS and electronic prescribing clinical systems
• Experience conducting prescribing audits
• Understanding of QAIF, Enhanced Services and NHS primary care contracts