Pharmacy Technician

Lister House Surgery; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Access to NHS discounts

Job summary

Lister House Surgery in Derby is seeking a motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our PCN Pharmacy team. You will support safe and effective prescribing, manage medication queries and work with the MDT to improve patient outcomes.

This busy practice serves a diverse community in Derby. We offer a friendly team, opportunities for professional development and a commitment to high quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in community or primary care / NHS
• Proficient in using SystmOne
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team

Responsibilities

• Support safe, effective and cost-effective prescribing
• Assist with repeat prescriptions and reduce waste
• Manage medication supply and stock queries with community/hospital pharmacies
• Undertake medicines reconciliation after hospital discharges
• Support medicines safety including MHRA alerts and drug monitoring
• Contribute to practice protocols and records
• Provide training to pharmacy administrators and wider clinical team
• Give medicines advice and health education to patients and families

Skills

Organised

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Clinical meds support

BP/HR measurement

Verbal/written communication

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

We're looking for a motivated and patient focused PharmacyTechnician to join our PCN Pharmacy team at Lister House Surgery.

You'll playan important role in supporting safe and effective prescribing, managingmedication queries, and working collaboratively across the MDT to improvepatient outcomes.

This is a great opportunity to contribute to a busy,forward-thinking practice serving a diverse community.

Main duties of the job

• Work as a part of the multidisciplinary team, supporting safe, effective and cost-effective prescribing.
• Support repeat prescriptions, helping to reduce medicines waste, inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy.
• Manage medication supply and out-of-stock queries, liaising with community and hospital pharmacies.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation following hospital discharges and correspondence.
• Support medicines safety, including MHRA alerts, drug monitoring and medication audits.
• Help develop and update practice protocols, guidelines and procedures, maintaining accurate records.
• Provide training, mentoring and education to pharmacy administrators and the wider clinical team.
• Provide medicines advice and health education to patients and families and participate in the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.

About us

We are a friendly GP practice with over 70 years of history, lead by a stable forward-thinking partnership that is ready to embrace the new look of Primary Care.

We have four sites and over 46,000 patients spread across the city of Derby.

We seek someone who is keen to become a part of a growing and supportive team and is looking to work in an ambitious practice.

In return, Lister House Surgery will offer you the following benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Access to a variety of NHS discounts

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details regarding this post.

Person Specification

Experience

• Audit and quality improvement
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook)
• Experience of working to Standard operating procedures
• Community or primary care /NHS experience
• Knowledge and experience of using SystmOne
• Developing pathways or processes
• Understanding of QOF, IIF and PCN DES
• MHRA and CAS alerts
• Understanding of Drug Monitoring and local relevant clinical and national guidance
• Mentoring and education

Qualifications

Other Requirements

• A car owner with a clean licence and appropriate insurance cover for business miles
• Registered with appropriate regulatory body

Personal Qualities

• Able to work collaboratively
• Maintain confidentiality
• Integrity
• Polite and approachable
• Able to work to deadlines
• Able to manage multiple streams of workload

Skills

• Organised and good time management
• Able to work systematically
• Interpersonal skills
• Clinical skills in supporting patients with their medication
• Ability to translate information and details accurately both verbally and written
• Able to take BP and HR
• Confidence to use own judgement, based on resourcefulness and local knowledge in response to patient queries

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.