Pharmacy Technician

Bromley By Bow Health Partnership; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Light is an independent employee owned group delivering GP Practice Pharmacist, Community Pharmacy, Education & Training services. We are recruiting a pharmacy technician to join our General Practice team in Barnet, contributing to medicines optimisation and patient care.

You will work with Practice Based Pharmacists and Admin staff to ensure efficient dispensing, medication monitoring and high standards of service for patients across the practice network.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacy technician with GPhC and ACPT qualification.
• Medicines Optimisation qualification held.
• Evidence of CPD maintained.

Responsibilities

• Process repeat prescriptions accurately and monitor high-risk medicines.
• Monitor drug safety alerts and perform reconciliations for discharge.
• Collaborate with practice pharmacists and admin teams to maintain high standards.

Skills

Problem solving

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal skills

Accuracy in dispensing

Prioritisation

Time management

Numeracy

Pharmaceutical calculations

Computers

Keyboard skills

Education

GPhC registration

ACPT qualification

Medicines Optimisation qualification

Evidence of CPD

Tools

EMIS

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative award-winning organisation. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, experienced registered pharmacy technician committed to developing knowledge and skills to improve patient care in General Practice. GL@GP recruits, employs, trains and supports pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in General Practice to deliver high quality patient services. We currently deliver Practice/PCN Pharmacist services to a number of General Practices and PCNs across Greater London. We have a reputation for providing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are ready to work in general practice by preparing and training them using experienced practice based pharmacists (PBPs) and GP Trainers. We work with the GP partners in the Bromley-by-Bow Health Partnership to enable a training environment for pharmacists and technicians using online services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work at and deliver quality care to patients in Barnet (PCN 3) through efficient medicines optimisation. This will include the assessment of patients own drugs, medicine reconciliation and checking adherence when patients request medications for issue. The post holder will work with the Practice Based Pharmacists (PBPs) and Prescription Administrators to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients.

*This position is in Barnet

*Please note, you must have British citizenship/IDL to apply for this post.

About us

Green Light is an independent employee owned Group providing GP Practice Pharmacist, Community Pharmacy, Education & Training and Consultancy services.

The GL@GP team is led by a pharmacist, Sharon Hart, who in addition to having experience in a variety of pharmacy sectors, also has experience of leadership development/training and change management. Sharon works to support individual and team development and growth. The GL@GP Pharmacy team have access to this support and the opportunity to develop their non-clinical skills through formal and informal mentoring and coaching.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a pharmacy technician who can work closely with the clinical and admin teams to ensure the efficient processing of repeat prescriptions including medication monitoring for high risk drugs.

Working with the practice pharmacist(s), you will also be responsible for the monitoring and action of drug safety alerts, medication reconciliations for discharge and clinical letters.

You will be involved in

• General duties and responsibilities
• Medicines Management
• Management and Leadership

Person Specification

Essential

• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Member of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians (APTUK)

Qualifications

Essential

• GPhC registration
• Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
• Medicines Optimisation qualification
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Member of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians (APTUK)

Experience

Essential

• Working effectively within multidisciplinary groups
• Post qualification experience as a pharmacy technician in a hospital or community pharmacy setting
• Dealing with patients/public e.g. patient counselling
• Understanding of prescribing, dispensing and Medicines Management issues
• Medicines management experience in a ward-based setting, e.g. medication history taking, medicines reconciliation
• Adhering to and applying strict confidentiality
• Microsoft Office software

Desirable

• Management of staff
• Education & training of staff
• Recruitment and selection experience
• Post qualification experience as a pharmacy technician in a hospital & community pharmacy setting
• Microsoft Office software including Xcel
• Confident in the use of EMIS

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates ability to solve problems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Work accurately following agreed procedures
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
• Interpret and dispense prescriptions accurately
• Ability to problem solve
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Time management skills
• Methodical attention to detail
• Advanced numeracy skills
• Able to perform pharmaceutical calculations
• Excellent keyboard and computer skills

Desirable

• Consultation skills
• Telephone communication skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
• Knowledge of medicines management systems
• Up-to-date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Knowledge of drugs, side effects and where to find further information
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
• General practice processes and procedures to request and issue medicines

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.