Medicines Technician Locality

Black Country Integrated Care Board; Wolverhampton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Integrated Care Board is seeking a motivated pharmacy technician to join the Prescribing Support Team. You will work across GP practices to implement medicines optimisation, promoting safe, cost-effective prescribing and improving patient care.

The role involves auditing repeat medication systems, supporting clinical audits and delivering medicines-related information and training to practice staff.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacy technician with active registration.
• Experience supporting medicines optimisation in primary care.
• Familiarity with clinical audits and GP liaison.

Responsibilities

• Audit repeat medication systems.
• Participate in clinical audits and improvement projects.
• Promote cost‑effective product usage and medicines wastage reduction.
• Provide medicines information and training to practice staff and ICB colleagues.

Skills

Pharmacy technician

Medicines optimisation

Clinical auditing

GP liaison

Education

Pharmacy technician qualification

Tools

EMIS Web

Microsoft Office

Job description

Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care Board (BBCS ICB) has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacy technician to join the Prescribing Support Team.

The post holder will be working within allocated GP practices to support the implementation of the medicines optimisation strategy to promote high quality, evidence based, safe and cost-effective prescribing. Highly regarded by the organisation and GP practices, you will be an integral member of the team supporting the delivery of Medicines Optimisation initiatives that improve care and tackle health inequalities. The post offers an excellent opportunity for a candidate to further develop their insight into primary care and broaden their experience within different healthcare settings.

Although there is an expectation that the successful candidate will be able to travel across the BBCS ICB geography where required, the current posts will support the three locality teams across the Birmingham and Solihull places. Preference for alignment of locality will be discussed during the recruitment process.

The core operational hours between 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday; team members will work their agreed hours during this time. The ICB promotes flexible and agile (practice locations or office base) working as a commitment to equality and making staff feel valued., The Prescribing Support Team is a large, dynamic, and innovative team, providing expert pharmaceutical advice to GPs and other primary care clinicians.

Work closely with colleagues in the medicines management team to deliver the vision of the ICB to ensure strategic alignment with health and care priorities and equity across the footprint with the aims of minimising harm and maximising benefit for patients, from medicines prescribed or supplied, alongside achieving cost effective care for people living in the BBCS footprint.

Your responsibilities will include auditing repeat medication systems, participating in clinical audits, promoting cost effective product usage and reviewing areas where there is potential for reducing medicines waste. Participate in, and where appropriate lead, medicines management projects and improvement initiatives. You will develop and maintain key relationships with allocated GP practices and be on hand to provide specialist technical support, medicines related information and training within agreed parameters to practice staff and ICB colleagues.

As a member of the team, patients will be at the heart of everything you do - you will be joining a team dedicated to delivering high quality care and tackling health inequalities.

Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) brings together the NHS, local councils and voluntary sector partners to support 2.7 million people. Our vision is to make the area the healthiest place to live and work by improving life chances and reducing inequalities.