PCN Pharmacy Technician - Part time

NHS; Ripon; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization seeks a motivated Pharmacy Technician in Ripon to support patient care and medicine optimisation. The role requires collaboration with diverse clinical teams and entails responsibilities like conducting medication reviews and ensuring effective medicine use. This part-time position offers 30 hours weekly with flexible hybrid work arrangements, although regular on-site presence is essential. Ideal candidates will possess NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services and have prior experience in healthcare settings.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Previous work experience in a pharmacy or healthcare setting is essential.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and promote teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective medicine use through patient support.
• Conduct medicine optimisation and reviews.
• Support implementation of national prescribing policies.

Skills

Patient-facing communication

Medicine optimisation

Clinical audit participation

Collaboration with healthcare teams

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services

Tools

SystmOne clinical system

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly and high achieving team for the Ripon and Masham Primary Care Network (PCN).

This is a unique part time opportunity to work 30 hours per week. We offer flexibility for hybrid work arrangements. However, please note that regular on-site presence is essential to maintain the high standard of patient care and effective teamwork required in our GP practices.

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to provide excellent care alongside our wider clinical team which includes GPs, ACPs, Nurses, Nurse Associates, Health Care Assistants, First Contact Physiotherapists, First Contact Mental Health Practitioners, Social Prescribers, and our Care Navigator Team.

Main duties of the job

The role will support four practices in the Ripon and Masham PCN to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient systems for medicines and related care including repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.

About us

Ripon and Masham PCN is comprised of four practices, North House Surgery, Park Street Surgery, Spa Surgery in Ripon and Kirkby Malzeard and Masham Surgery located in Masham.

This role is employed in partnership with Yorkshire Health Network (YHN).YHN is the local federation for all 16 GP Practices across Harrogate and Rural areas, made up of fours PCNs. YHN and the PCNs work collaboratively to deliver a supportive structure which is focused on achieving the best results from a joint management and clinical delivery setup for the benefits of patients across the region.

• 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme

Job responsibilities

The following describes the key responsibilities that the postholder will deliver and/or work towards delivering after supported ongoing development.

• Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
• Carry out medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation.
• Utilise a range of consultation and communication skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
• Support, as determined by the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients, synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacies.
• Provide specialist expertise, where competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
• Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.
• Work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation.
• Triage general medication requests allowing GPs and clinical pharmacists to review those that are more complex.
• Develop relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services.

Experience

• Previous work experience in a pharmacy or healthcare setting.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office programmes, including Outlook, Excel and Word to create simple plans and reports.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and promote collaborative working.
• Previous work experience in a primary care setting or GP practice.
• Experience with using SystmOne clinical system.

Additional

• Full driving licence and access to transport.

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.

£28,125 to £30,000 a yearPro rata for 30 hours per week. Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working