Pharmacy technician

Amber Valley Health Ltd; Heanor; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Heanor is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support clinical pharmacists in medication management and patient queries. The ideal candidate will have General Pharmaceutical Council registration and experience in a patient-facing role. Responsibilities include aiding medication reviews, liaising with community pharmacists, and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation. This position requires a proactive approach and entails working across multiple practices for optimal patient care.

Qualifications

• General Pharmaceutical Council Registration as a Pharmacy Technician.
• BTEC National Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science, NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of SystmOne and EMIS or other electronic patient record systems.
• Previous experience working in a patient-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Respond to medication queries from patients and staff.
• Support Clinical Pharmacists in providing medication reviews.
• Liaise with community pharmacists on medicine optimisation.
• Lead audit and monitoring of high-risk drugs.

Job description

To support the ARCH PCN pharmacists in delivering safe,efficient systems for the monitoring and management of repeat prescriptions,medicine optimisation and provide support and advice to patients to ensure thebest possible outcomes are achieved.

There will be one Saturday shift a month required, 4hours for a part time employee, full day for a full time employee.

Main duties of the job

To respond to medication queries from patientsand staff in a professional manner, referring to the appropriate clinician inline with relevant protocols.

To support the Clinical Pharmacists in providingmedication reviews, developing further Standard Operating Procedures, PatientInformation Leaflets and information about medicine awareness.

To support the clinical pharmacists andadministrative staff in medicine reconciliation and updating of recordsaccording to practice and local policies.

About us

You will be working within ARCH PCN and will be based across one or more of the 9 practices in the neighbourhoods of Ripley, Heanor or Alfreton.

Job responsibilities

To respond to medication queries from patientsand staff in a professional manner, referring to the appropriate clinician inline with relevant protocols.

To support the Clinical Pharmacists in providingmedication reviews, developing further Standard Operating Procedures, PatientInformation Leaflets and information about medicine awareness.

To support the clinical pharmacists andadministrative staff in medicine reconciliation and updating of recordsaccording to practice and local policies.

To liaise where necessary with communitypharmacists and other pharmacists in relation to medicine optimisation.

To lead the practice in the auditing, monitoringand prescribing of high-risk drugs.

To take a proactive approach in the safehandling of prescriptions, assessing risks and making any recommendations forchange.

To support the practice in achieving the Qualityand Outcomes Framework targets and any targets from other organisations.

To assist in the control of medicines stockswithin the practices within ARCH PCN, ensuring compliance with medicineslegislation.

To work alongside administrative staff involvedin the preparation of repeat prescriptions on a daily basis to ensure timely,safe high quality effective repeat prescribing.

To help, plan, develop and support theintroduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise thequality of prescribing.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• - General Pharmaceutical Council Registration as a Pharmacy Technician
• - BTEC National Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science, NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• - Working knowledge of SystmOne and EMIS or other electronic patient record systems
• - Previous experience working within a patient facing role

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.