Pharmacy Technician

Bretton Park Healthcare; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Peterborough is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to ensure effective systems for repeat prescribing and medicines optimisation. This role involves working closely with healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes through effective medication management. Candidates should have a Pharmacy Technician qualification and experience in a pharmacy setting is preferred. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Benefits

Support for professional development

Friendly team environment

Dynamic workplace

Qualifications

• Experience in a pharmacy environment is preferred.
• Strong understanding of medicines optimisation.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines optimisation advice to healthcare professionals.
• Reconcile medicines for newly registered patients.
• Support repeat prescribing systems.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Ability to work independently

Understanding of medicines

Education

Pharmacy Technician qualification

Job description

We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our pharmacy team at Bretton Park Healthcare. We are a dynamic, motivated and friendly team with a passion for education and development.

Main duties of the job

The post holder willsupport the practice to ensure the delivery of safe,effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation,reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.

To recommend changes to prescribing or medicinesoptimisation systems and processes in practice. To resolve prescription-relatedissues and encourage better pharmaceutical understanding with patients andthroughout the primary health team, including GPs, nurses, practice staff, carehomes and community pharmacy. By working as part of the multidisciplinary team,your role will be to improve the quality and safety of all aspects relating toprescribing and medicines optimisation within the practice. You will alsocontribute to the training and development of practice staff

Details of the role including the main duties are included in the Job Description.

About us

Bretton Park Healthcare are two practices that work together. This was a new adventure for both sites from January 2022. We are a dynamic, motivated and friendly team with a passion for innovation, looking for new ways of working to enhance patient care. We are also a registered training practice. We have a very experienced and highly skilled clinical team of Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, HCAs, Pharmacists, Social Prescriber, Care Coordinators who are well supported by a Practice Manager and an excellent administration team.

Job responsibilities

Job title

Line manager

Practice Manager

Accountable to

The Partners and Pharmacy Team

Job summary

The Pharmacy Technician's role is to support the practice to ensure the delivery of safe,effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation,reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.

To recommend changes to prescribing or medicinesoptimisation systems and processes in practice. To resolve prescription-relatedissues and encourage better pharmaceutical understanding with patients andthroughout the primary health team, including GPs, nurses, practice staff, carehomes and community pharmacy. By working as part of the multidisciplinary team,your role will be to improve the quality and safety of all aspects relating toprescribing and medicines optimisation within the practice. You will alsocontribute to the training and development of practice staff.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Providemedicines optimisation advice to Doctors, nurses and other healthcareprofessionals to promote the safe, effective, quality and cost-effective use ofmedicines.

Toreconcile medicines using the practice protocols for newly registered patientsand following hospital discharge or outpatient consultation. Work withpatients/carers and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive themedicines intended.

Carry outhousekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. Dose optimisation and medicinessynchronisation

Supportrepeat prescribing systems and processes in practice with a focus on qualityimprovement and supporting safe prescribing.

Coordinatemonthly prescriptions for care homes

Supportthe Acute Prescription clerks and care co-ordinator team by helping withqueries relating to prescription requests and look for ways to improve theefficiency and safety of the prescription issuing process, ensuring queries areresolved and scripts issued in line with the practice prescribing protocoltimeframe (usually 2 working days)

Deal withpatient medication queries via telephone call back e.g. dose schedule, sideeffects, adverse effects and out of stocks, swallowing difficulties, urgentrequests

Resolvequeries with prescriptions and issue certain medication where appropriate inline with practice protocols

Participatein practice clinical meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetingsto improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician with the GP model andpromote issues relevant to prescribing and medicines optimisation

Helpimplement electronic prescribing and repeat dispensing in appropriate patientsincluding working with community pharmacy staff to identify appropriatepatients

Liaisewith medicine management & optimisation pharmacist on analysing patientprescribing data, including an awareness of prescribing budget and how this canbe managed

Assistpractice to reach QOF, QIPP and LCS enhanced service targets

To planwith Clinical team the implementation of projects and audits

Implementdrug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA alerts

Managepractice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness ofprescribing and to reflect CCG prescribing policy

Assistpractice with audits, QI audits and reviews of the practice prescribingdashboard

Providemedicines related training to staff

Observethe principles of clinical governance when developing policies, SOPs,protocols, guidelines and procedures

This job description is not meant to be exhaustive. Itdescribes the main duties and responsibilities of the post. The candidate wouldbe expected to undertake any other duties commensurate with the role as agreedwith the practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• See Attached Person Specification

Experience

• See attached Person Specification
• See attached Person Specification

Personal qualities and other requirements

• Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
• Flexible and cooperative
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety
• Flexibility to work outside core office hours
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own home

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.