Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Chorley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a supportive medicines management team as a Registered Pharmacy Technician in Chorley. You will play a crucial role in patient care, supporting medication management and undertaking reviews, while benefiting from continuous professional development opportunities. Work within a dynamic network of practices dedicated to innovative health solutions.

Benefits

Opportunities for personal development

Peer support events

Formal education pathway

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with completed Primary Care Pathway.
• Experience supporting medication queries and monitoring.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a healthcare team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to effective processes for patient care transfer.
• Support medication queries and undertake medication reviews.
• Develop relationships with pharmacy professionals across networks.

Skills

Patient Care

Medicines Management

Communication

Medication Reviews

Relationship Building

Education

Completed Primary Care Pathway

Job description

Are you a Registered Pharmacy Technician looking for an interesting role in PrimaryCare?... Would you like to join a growing, supportive medicines management teamwith opportunities for personal development, impactful quality improvement andpatient facing clinics?

Main duties of the job

The pharmacy Technician will be part of theMedicines Team responsible for a combination of patient care.

The successful candidate will be supported in termsof learning and professional development through regular access to GPs,clinical pharmacists and through a formal education pathway through the Centreof Postgraduate Pharmacy Education. As part of a growing team of there is alsoa programme of peer support events and team meetings in place.

About us

Our PCN comprises of our own group of 5 practices across the Chorley area.These practices form a large and dynamic network, with a proven track record ofsuccessful and innovative projects. Our larger size allows for morecollaborative working and due to the success of integrating the role into ourpractices, we are looking to grow our team and recruit additional RegisteredPharmacy Technician to work alongside the current team.

Chorley and South Ribble PCN is made up of thefollowing practice

AdlingtonMedical Centre

LostockVillage Surgery

CrostonMedical Centre

Job responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting.
• Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring.
• Undertake non-complex medication reviews.
• Using audits and action planning to help to tackle inequalities.
• Provide person-centred medicines optimisation.
• Contribute to the General Practice quality and outcomes framework (QOF) and enhanced services.
• Work with general practice teams to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
• Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system
• Take a role in aspects of shared care protocols, with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Completed Primary Care Pathway

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.