Pharmacy Technician

Integrated Care System; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Peterborough seeks a Pharmacy Technician to support pharmacists with medicines reconciliation and medication reviews. The ideal candidate will have a BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical and professional registration with the GPhC. This role is vital for ensuring safe and effective medication use in a supportive healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical or equivalent.
• Professional Registration with the GPhC is required.
• Experience as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support pharmacists with Medicines Reconciliation and Medication Reviews.
• Ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients.
• Manage day-to-day medication oversight with regular reviews.

Skills

Medicines reconciliation

Medication reviews

Clinical systems (SystmOne/Emis/Vision)

Education

BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical

Professional Registration with the GPhC

Job description

Lakeside Healthcare is continuing to expand its team of Pharmacy Technicians across the organisation and its Primary Care Network member practices. We aim to build the largest Pharmacy Technician workforce in General Practice. We value the contribution that Pharmacy Technicians make within our multi-disciplinary teams, and we aim to continue to safely push the boundaries in-order to develop the Pharmacy Technician role.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to predominately support our Pharmacists with Medicines Reconciliation and Medication Reviews. This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare. As a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters, and will develop further as the role of the Pharmacy team expands within the organisation. It is vital that effective systems and procedures are in place to ensure that this process is effective, safe and efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to day management of this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process also ensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the medication they are prescribed.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCAREis changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands.

Our values

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve.

New Queen Street and Stanground Surgeries are located in Peterborough. This is a modern, forward thinking and cohesive eight Partner GP practice. Supporting the partners is a multi-disciplinary clinical team of nursing and associated health care providers and a large patient services team delivering reception, administration and care coordination roles.

There is a strong team ethos within the practice, which is described as non hierarchical, supportive, friendly, approachable, and caring. It is very important to the partners that this is maintained and developed.

Being part of Lakeside Healthcare means that you have the support of in-house specialist skills from our People, Finance, Communications and Executive teams.

Lakeside Healthcare New Queen Street & Stanground Surgery is part of South Peterborough Primary Care Network compromising of five practices across South Peterborough.

Job responsibilities

The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.

This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.

Please see attached full job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical
• Professional Registration with the GPhC

Experience

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy
• Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either a CCG or hospital pharmacy
• Experience of clinical systems (SystmOne/Emis/Vision)

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.