PCN Pharmacy Technician

SWAGGA PCN Limited; Garston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare network is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join their team in Garston. The role involves collaborating with 16 GP practices to enhance patient care through effective prescribing and medication management. Candidates should have recognized qualifications and relevant experience in pharmacy, strong communication skills, and a commitment to patient welfare. This position offers an opportunity to positively impact patient outcomes and support healthcare delivery in the community.

Qualifications

• Must be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC.
• At least three years work experience in relevant settings.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Support the PCN Pharmacy Team with repeat prescribing.
• Ensure delivery of safe and effective systems for medication.
• Improve quality of care and operational efficiencies.

Skills

Communication skills

Patient care

Teamwork

Innovative thinking

Education

BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences

NVQ level qualification

Tools

EMIS

Job description

SWAGGA PCN are seeking an enthusiastic, patient-focused, and independently motivated person to join our existing pharmacy team to provide quality patient-care. We want a person with energy and interest to develop the Pharmacy Technician role through collaborative working.

The successful candidate will work across the 16 GP Practices in the PCN, with projects ranging from dealing with prescription requests, cost-saving switches to facilitating medication reviews and systems and process improvements. We expect contribution to the overall medicines optimisation programme acting on best practice models from local and national guidelines.

This role will be critical to realising our ambitions to improve patient outcomes in practices, care homes and domiciliary settings.

Main duties of the job

We expect the successful application to:

• Lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective and best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
• Be a skilled professional to help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols
• Improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering.
• Minimise clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
• Support patients on discharge from hospital, requiring excellent communication skills.
• Being a Pharmacy Technician in the PCN will be an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
• Comply with Health & Safety procedures and guidelines

About us

SWAGGA Primary Care Network is a collaboration of 16 GP Practices geographically aligned and working together to improve patient care. SWAGGA PCN has a weighted patient population of approximately 105,000 patients. It is an extensive Network with a diverse population and patient needs.

Our Network Team work across these practices, aiming to improve our patient's well-being and address health inequalities in South Liverpool.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will support the PCN Pharmacy Team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes as well as facilitating structured medication reviews and performing searches and assisting dispensing practices in projects.

The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service provision within general practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• The candidate must be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Academic/vocational qualifications BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent and have a NVQ level.
• At least three years work experience in hospital or community pharmacy, GP dispensing practice or Clinical Commissioning Group.
• Significant relevant and ongoing CPD
• Be enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH)
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Experience of participation in audits or project management.
• Experience working with GP Practices and the law related to medicines use
• An appreciation of drug actions, doses, formulations and interactions for commonly prescribed medications. Familiarity with NICE technology appraisals relevant to primary care
• Experience of EMIS or previous experience within a comparable role in general practice
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to recognise and work within bounds of own competence
• Completed the CPPE Pathway

Personal Attributes

• High degree of personal integrity.
• Self-motivated, innovative thinker.
• Reliable, conscientious and supportive.
• Team worker able to relate to all grades of staff and clinical and non-clinical professionals.
• Able to cope well with a busy environment and deal with interruptions and changes in daily routine.
• Have empathy with and be sensitive to patients needs.
• Ability to remain positive in the face of adversity and criticism.

Please note that 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.

SWAGGA PCN is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.