PCN Pharmacy Technician

Integrated Care System; Honiton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health network in Honiton is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to enhance patient care through effective medicines use and optimisation. The ideal candidate will have registration with GPhC, relevant qualifications, and prior experience in pharmacy settings. Join a collaborative PCN Pharmacy Team to improve patient outcomes and contribute to safe prescribing practices.

Qualifications

• Experience as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care or pharmacy.
• Experience in Quality Improvement and Audit.

Responsibilities

• Promote understanding and effective medicines use through conversations.
• Undertake medicines optimisation tasks and reconciliation.
• Carry out audits and management of patients with shared care protocols.

Skills

Attention to detail

Influencing and negotiating skills

Computer literacy

Excellent time keeping

Education

Professional registration with GPhC

BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences

Job description

Honiton, Ottery St Mary and Sidmouth PCN is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to work within our PCN Pharmacy Team.

Our PCN Pharmacy Team is a well established team, consisting of Pharmacists, Lead Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Technicians supported by clinical supervision from a GP and Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role before applying, please contact either Charlotte Nally, Deputy Practice and PCN Manager or Rachel Stewart, Senior Pharmacy Technician.

Main duties of the job

Working as a member of our PCN Pharmacy Team, you will work across our 3 practices Sid Valley Practice, The Coleridge Medical Centre and Honiton Surgery. The post holder will:

Work with GP practices, care homes andcommunity pharmacy colleagues to enable our patients to get the most from theirmedicines.

Maximise safe, cost-effective prescribing through medicinesoptimisation and quality improvement projects.

Contribute to repeat prescribingprocesses minimising clinical risk and reducing wasted medicines.

Promote medicine safety, reconciliation and stafftraining.

About us

HOSMS Primary Care Network is located in East Devon and has a population of around 50,000 patients. There are 3 surgeries within the PCN, with excellent inter-personal relations, a good support network and a history of collaborative working. The practices are Honiton Surgery, Coleridge Surgery and Sid Valley Practice.

The PCN has a number of teams which work across the three practices, including the Pharmacy Team, Health and Wellbeing Team and FCP Physiotherapy Team. The teams are supported by a Lead Manager, Deputy PCN Manager, Clinical Director as well as clinical supervision from other members of the three practices.

We are a forward thinking, friendly network and we pride ourselves in offering our patients the best care possible, demonstrating innovation, clinical excellence and working collaboratively with our health care professionals across the network.

Job responsibilities

As PCN Pharmacy Technician, you will

Undertake patient facing conversations to promote understandingand effective medicines use, through shared decision-making.

Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including supplysynchronisation and administration support (inhaler technique, formulationchoice).

Undertake medicines reconciliation for care home residents andelderly patients recently discharged from hospital.

Visit care homes to optimise medicine safety and improve patientoutcomes.

Assist in the audit & management of patients with shared careprotocols & high-risk medications.

Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduceinappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Provide advice to patients and multidisciplinary teams withinprofessional limits of expertise and refer to pharmacist or GP whenappropriate.

Attend the prescribing committee meetings & develop PCNpolicies, prescribing protocols and standard operating procedures.

Support the PCN Pharmacy Team to implement the DES and IIF annualtargets through quality improvement, educational presentations andmultidisciplinary working.

Implementefficient ordering and reduce medication wastage.

Linkwith community pharmacies to communicate supply issues and solutions.

Promoteelectronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD), online ordering and proxy orderingprocesses for care homes.

Linkwith other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinaryteam to support integration across health and social care.

Supportstaff on secondments and training rotations from other organisations.

Supportprescription teams, deliver audits and training and lead change to improveservices across the practices.

Deliverchanges in prescribing practice according to QIPP agenda, QOF, PCN DES andother enhanced services.

Assist in transportation of vaccine for vaccination campaignsaccording to national and local protocols.

Develop a culture that promotes equality and valuesdiversity. The postholder must be aware of and committed to the Equalityand Diversity policies of the appointing GP Federation and comply with allthe requirements of these policies and actively promote Equality andDiversity issues relevant to the post.

Ensure the principles of openness, transparency andcandor are observed and upheld in all working practices.

The post holder will have, or acquire throughtraining provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguardingand knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of andcomply with the organisations safeguarding protection policies and procedures.

Ensure that any infection prevention and controlissues are reported to the line manager/Infection Prevention and Control

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, care homes, community or hospital pharmacy
• Experience of Quality Improvement and Audit

Skills and Competencies

• Computer literate with an ability to use Microsoft office packages Ability to effectively manage allocated resources and prioritise own workload to meet strict deadlines
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Attention to detail, able to work accurately and to identify errors
• Excellent time keeping and prioritisation skills
• Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems

Attributes

• Works effectively independently and as a member of a team
• Flexible approach to meet service needs
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work
• Independently mobile to access all PCN sites, Car Driver/Clean License

Knowledge

• An appreciation of the NHS agenda and Government targets Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
• Knowledge of Primary Care including PCNs, General Practice and community pharmacy

Qualifications

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

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.