Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Pharmacist Technician at a leading healthcare provider in Leicester. You will take on a range of responsibilities in dispensing medications and supporting clinical pharmacists while being part of a dynamic team committed to quality care. This role offers competitive pay and opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Multidisciplinary team environment

Qualifications

• Qualified Pharmacy Technician with NVQ Level 3.
• Must be GPhC registered.
• Experience in primary care pharmacy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Select and dispense medications according to procedures.
• Maintain patient medication records and stock control.
• Assist in training fellow staff and support clinical pharmacists.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Teamwork

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services

GPhC Registration

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

An exciting vacancy has arisen within Willows Health for a Pharmacist Technician. This is a full time role, offering the successful candidate a competitive wage, opportunities for career progression within the organisation, as well as being a part of a multidisciplinary and diverse team who work hard at developing and improving processes.

This will be dual role: 37.5 hours as a pharmacist technician for Primary care and Dispensary.

You will be working alongside two pharmacist within the surgery and alongside two dispensing assistant in the dispensary, with a dedicated team of staff at the surgery and the organisation.

Main duties of the job

• To select, label and dispense correct items in accordance with standard operating procedures to ensure safe supply to patients;
• To dispense controlled drugs in accordance with standard operating procedures to ensure legal compliance;
• To ensure the safe and correct supply of dispensed items to patients;
• To identify problems in administration of medicines such as medicine interactions and other physical factors that may affect patient compliance;
• To create and update patient medication records in accordance with data protection principles to ensure patient confidentiality
• To assist with stock control and inventory procedures to maximise availability and minimise waste;
• To ensure the safe and appropriate storage of medicines;
• To assist with the preparation of monitored dosage and cassette box systems to benefit patients on multiple medication regimes;
• To maintain an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of pharmacy issues for the purposes of continuing professional development;
• To support pharmacy colleagues and mentor others through the timely completion of training courses;
• To work as part of a team and actively demonstrate a willingness to support and achieve the overall business objectives.
• Support the role of clinical pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services including processing discharge/clinic letters from secondary care

About us

Willows Health is the largest primary care provider in Leicester with over 65 000 patients across 11 sites, with caring for the health of our patients being at the forefront of what we do.

Our mission is to revolutionise healthcare across Leicester, whilst providing quality healthcare by our expertly qualified executive team and clinicians to ensure that not only do our patients receive the right treatment, but also in a timely manner.

Job responsibilities

To select, label and dispense correct items in accordance with standard operating procedures to ensure safe supply to patients;

To dispense controlled drugs in accordance with standard operating procedures to ensure legal compliance;

To ensure the safe and correct supply of dispensed items to patients;

To identify problems in administration of medicines such as medicine interactions and other physical factors that may affect patient compliance;

To create and update patient medication records in accordance with data protection principles to ensure patient confidentiality;

To assist with stock control and inventory procedures to maximise availability and minimise waste;

To ensure the safe and appropriate storage of medicines;

To assist with the preparation of monitored dosage and cassette box systems to benefit patients on multiple medication regimes;

To maintain an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of pharmacy issues for the purposes of continuing professional development;

To support pharmacy colleagues and mentor others through the timely completion of training courses;

To work as part of a team and actively demonstrate a willingness to support and achieve the overall business objectives.

Support the role of clinical pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services including processing discharge/clinic letters from secondary care

Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing under the supervision of the clinical pharmacist/s

Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs)

Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries

Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to the PCNs policies, included but not limited to any other local and national prescribing policies and guidelines

Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audits

Support the clinical pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services
• Professional registration with GPhC.

Experience

• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD).
• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy.
• Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of Willows Health.
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
• An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues.
• Experience working in primary care sector preferably GP Surgery.
• Experience using SystmOne.

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.