Junior Clinical Pharmacy Technician

Trust Primary Care Ltd; Bradford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare federation in Bradford is seeking a pharmacy technician to support pharmacists in delivering primary care services. The successful candidate will assist GP practices in optimising medicine use, improving prescribing practices, and reducing waste. Required qualifications include GPhC registration, a BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences, and relevant experience in primary care. This role offers the opportunity to work collaboratively in a supportive environment dedicated to enhancing patient care and medication safety.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive training platform

Qualifications

• Professional registration with GPhC is mandatory.
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences required.
• Experience as a qualified pharmacy technician in primary care or community is needed.

Responsibilities

• Support the pharmacist and GP practices to improve prescribing practices.
• Assist in the optimisation of medicines and reduce waste.
• Encourage the understanding of medicines optimisation among practice teams.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Computer literate

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Knowledge of pharmacy law

Education

Professional registration with GPhC

BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences

Postgraduate qualifications in Medicines Management

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Due to significantgrowth in the last year or so, TPC is now further developing its organisationalinfra structure and responding to new service development opportunities. TPC already holds contracts for the deliveryof Dermatology and Minor Surgery services, and the provision of clinicians intothe Bradford Enhanced Access Service. We have a Pharmacy Hub with cliniciansworking on behalf of Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and offering a Warfarin service to practices.

The TPC Pharmacy Hubprovides a supportive training platform for pharmacists and pharmacytechnicians working in Primary Care.Pharmacy staff are integrated into the primary care team in PCNs. We aim to provide training opportunities to pharmacytechnicians and pharmacists from under-graduate to senior level and offer awide range of career development options from education and mentoring to frontline primary care provision or specialist services.

TPC is all about sustaining excellence in primary care in the long-termto the benefit of all of our user groups.

Main duties of the job

The pharmacy technician will support the role of the pharmacist to deliver the Primary Care Network model of care, including supporting and assisting a cluster of GP practices. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe and 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 PCNs in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation, and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

Please see attached Job Description.

About us

Trust Primary Care Ltd(TPC) is a federation of 16 local GP practices located in and around Bradford.Our aim is to shape the future of primary care, delivering the highest qualityhealthcare services to the people of the city, providing local access pointsfor a developing range of core and non-core services.

Our NHS is changing. AtTPC, we are working together to meet the challenges of providing high qualityprimary care services alongside this evolving care landscape.

Each member practiceretains total independence whilst collaborating in the further development oflocal primary care services. The objective is to put our patients at the heartof everything we do, maximising available resources and skills to ensure weprovide a relevant and responsive service designed around what people reallyneed. TPC is all about sustaining excellence in primary care in the long-termto the benefit of all our user groups.

Job responsibilities

The pharmacy technician will support the role of the pharmacist to deliver the Primary Care Network model of care, including supporting and assisting a cluster of GP practices. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe and 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.

Please refer to the Job description attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional registration with GPhC
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community, or hospital pharmacy
• Postgraduate qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Therapeutics

Experience

• An appreciation of the NHS agenda and government targets
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
• Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of general practice and evidence-based medicine
• 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
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing

Skills and Competencies

• Computer literate with an ability to use Microsoft office packages
• Understand the aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this for the PCNs
• 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
• An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues
• An ability to use the GP clinical information system SystmOne
• Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data

Attributes

• Willingness and desire to learn
• A can-do attitude and a drive to get stuck in
• 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
• Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities, and challenges
• Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments if required
• 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
• Independently mobile to be able to work across several sites and travel to meet with stakeholders

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.