Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bexleyheath is looking for a qualified Pharmacy Technician to support the implementation of national prescribing policies and lead various initiatives. You will play a key role in clinical audits, medicines optimisation, and ensuring effective prescription management. The ideal candidate must be registered with GPhC and hold a Diploma Level 3 in Pharmacy Services, with a strong customer-service orientation and interpersonal skills. Join a team committed to improving patient care.

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacy technician registered with GPhC.
• Diploma Level 3 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services.
• Experience in Primary care.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of national prescribing policies.
• Conduct clinical audits and contribute to quality improvement.
• Assist with DOCMAN administration and medicines optimisation.
• Participate in daily preparation of repeat prescriptions.
• Encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the practice.
• Update and maintain accurate patient medication records.

Skills

Knowledge and understanding of drug laws

Interpersonal skills

Customer-service orientation

Computer and database skills

Respect for confidentiality

Experience of working in Primary care

Education

Registered pharmacy technician with GPhC

Diploma Level 3 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services

Job description

Anexciting opportunity has been created to temporarily join our expanding team of healthcareprofessionals at Bexley Medical Group. There will be a wide range of initiatives fora Pharmacy technician to lead and develop further.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilitieswill include supporting the implementation of national prescribing policies andguidance within the practice. Thiswill be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics),supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality andOutcomes Framework and enhanced services. In addition, the pharmacy technician will assist with DOCMAN administration and in the delivery of medicines optimisation incentive schemes (e.g.medicines switches) and patient safety audits.

Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilitieswill cover clinical, technical and administrative categories

About us

The Practice has over 20,000 patients across 3 sites, Bexley,Bexleyheath and Erith.

We are an innovative and forward-thinking practice and havealready recruited to our team: Clinical Pharmacists and Physician Associates.

Job responsibilities

To undertake learning and development to ensure the requiredknowledge and skills for practice based work

To deliver trainingand support the development of practice based medicines coordinators to improveco-ordination and effective pharmacy administration within the practice

To support the practice reception team in streamlining prescriptionqueries, allowing the clinical pharmacist to review the more complex requests

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team whilst in asupporting function to the clinical pharmacist and other clinicians and withinagreed prescribing standard operating procedures

To participate in the daily preparation of repeatprescriptions in order to ensure high quality, safe and timely repeatprescribing

To encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the practice

To undertake medicines reconciliation post discharge and onother transfers of care

To update and maintain accurate and timely patientmedication records on each practice clinical system, including advice given andaction taken

To liaise with secondary and primary care colleagues toensure correct medicines are continued following the transfer of care

To undertake patient facing where appropriate and patientsupporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision makingconversations with patients

To carry out medicines optimisation tasks includingeffective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supportingmedication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utiliseconsultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they usetheir medicines effectively

To assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation andmanagement incentive schemes and patient safety audits

To provide specialist expertise, where competent, to addressboth the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyleadvice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities

To take a central role in the clinical aspects of sharedcare protocols and liaising with pharmacists for more complex patients

To support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship toreduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

To support the implementation of national prescribingpolicies and guidance within the practice. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g. useof antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing tothe Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services

Duties may vary from time to time without changing thegeneral character of the post or the level of responsibility.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out othertasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffinglevels.

Person Specification

Experience

• Knowledge and understanding of drug laws
• Interpersonal skills
• Customer-service orientation
• Computer and database skills
• Respect for confidentiality
• Experience of working in Primary care

Qualifications

• Candidates must be a qualified and registered pharmacy technician with GPhC and hold a Diploma Level 3 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services.
• Knowledge and understanding of drug laws
• Experienced in primary care
• Interpersonal skills
• Customer-service orientation
• Computer and database skills
• Respect for confidentiality

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.