Pharmacy Technician

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nottingham is seeking a PCN Pharmacy Technician to ensure the safe and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients. The ideal candidate will contribute to clinical management and work closely with primary care teams. Responsibilities include supporting medication reconciliations, audits, and patient interactions. This role offers full-time, flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working

Compressed hours

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications and experience that are required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Maximise safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines.
• Provide support on medicine related issues to the whole practice team.
• Provide support with medication reconciliations.
• Provide support with prescribing audits in line with CQC & QOF targets.
• Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries.
• Work with primary care team and patients to resolve medication queries.
• Assisting with repeat prescribing and ensuring safe dispensing.
• Monitoring adherence to practice, local and national prescribing policies.
• Supporting clinical pharmacists in delivering clinical pharmacy services.
• Providing advice and information to patients and other healthcare professionals.
• Undertake structured medication reviews.
• Triaging and managing common ailments.
• Providing information to patients on medicines and treatment.
• Supporting patients with medication changes and managing their medication.
• Signposting patients to relevant support services.

Job description

The PCN Pharmacy Technician will work alongside another Pharmacy Techncian and under thesupervision of a Senior Clinical Pharmacist and as an integrated part of the PCNClinical Pharmacy Team to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply ofprescribed medication to patients. The role will contribute to successfulclinical management of patients and their needs within the GP practicesincluded in Synergy Health PCN.

Main duties of the job

• Key Duties
• Maximise safe, effective and cost-efficientuse of medicines
• Provide support on medicine relatedissues to the whole practice team
• Provide support with medicationreconciliations
• Provide support with prescribingaudits in line with CQC & QOF targets
• Be a point of contact for patientsregarding medicines queries
• Core Duties
• Work with primary care team and patients to resolve medication queries.
• Assisting withrepeat prescribingand ensuring safedispensing.
• Monitoring adherence to practice, local and national prescribing policies andguidance.
• Supporting clinical pharmacists in delivering clinical pharmacy services.
• Providing advice and information to patients and other healthcareprofessionals.
• Undertakestructuredmedication reviews.
• Triaging and managing common ailments.
• Providing information to patients on medicines and treatment.
• Supporting patients with medication changes and managing theirmedication.
• Signposting patients to relevant support services.
• Prescribing Audits in line with CQC and QOF targets
• Supporting the implementation of safe andefficientrepeatprescribing systems.

About us

PrimaryCare Networks (PCN) are local neighbourhoods where all health and social careservices work together to deliver a better experience for their citizens.

SynergyHealth PCN covers three practices in Gedling Borough, Jubilee Park MedicalPartnership in Carlton with a branch site in Lowdham, West Oak on WestdaleLane, Mapperley and Trentside Medical Group in Netherfield and Carlton.

Weare a standalone PCN with a lead practice. We have a population of 36,000patients.

ThePCN has care co-ordinators, social prescribing link workers, advanced nursepractitioner, PCN GPs and clinical pharmacists. These roles will work closelytogether to develop and grow the PCN and improve patient care across ourpatient list.

Ourvision is to build and develop collaborative working across member practicesand stakeholders, to support and strengthen the delivery of Primary Careservices and improve health outcomes for the local population we serve.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a more detailed description for the main responsibilites of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications and experience that are required for this role.
• Relevant qualifications and experience that are required for this 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.

Full-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours