Pharmacy Technician

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

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks an experienced Pharmacy Technician for a permanent full-time position in Poole. Responsibilities include providing medicines optimisation advice, reconciling medications, and supporting repeat prescribing systems. Candidates must have at least 2 years of experience and relevant qualifications. The role offers a friendly environment, NHS pension, and other benefits. Situated in beautiful Dorset, the workplace provides an enriching experience in a vibrant community.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme with Life Insurance

Free parking

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a Friend scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience required.
• Up to date clinical knowledge of therapeutic principles.
• Knowledge of pharmacy law, ethics, and optimisation.
• Experience completing clinical audits in primary care.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines optimisation advice to medical staff.
• Reconcile medicines for newly registered patients.
• Support repeat prescribing systems and processes.
• Coordinate monthly prescriptions for care homes.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy therapeutic knowledge

Medicines optimisation principles

Knowledge of NHS agenda

Analysing prescribing data

Education

BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science

Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

BTEC Level 4 in Pharmaceutical Science

Tools

SystmOne clinical system

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Pharmacy Technician to join our Parkstone Tower Practice 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.

Job Type: Permanent Full-time

Hours: 36.5 hours per week

Main duties of the job

• Provide medicines optimisation advice to Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to promote the safe, effective, quality and cost-effective use of medicines.
• To reconcile medicines using the practice protocols for newly registered patients and following hospital discharge or outpatient consultation. Work with patients/carers and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines intended.
• Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. Dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation.
• Support repeat prescribing systems and processes in practice with a focus on quality improvement and supporting safe prescribing.
• Coordinate monthly prescriptions for care homes.
• Support the Prescription Clerks, Patient Services and Call Hub team by helping with queries relating to prescription requests and look for ways to improve the efficiency and safety of the prescription issuing process, ensuring queries are resolved and scripts issued in line with the practice prescribing protocol timeframe (usually 2 working days).

Please see Job Description for full details.

About us

Shore Medical is a GP Super Partnership with 6 practices across Poole and Bournemouth. We aspire to offer exceptional care to our 58,000 patients and are innovative in our approach to developing new teams and pathways to ever improve how general practice is delivered.

We have a friendly and supportive team of more than 200 staff, with over 40 GPs, Pharmacists, Paramedics, Nurses, Mental Health specialists and our range of administrative staff. We have a great social side to our team with Summer and Christmas parties, running and paddle boarding groups as well as many other events throughout the year.

The Practices in the Partnership are

• Lilliput Surgery
• Poole Road Medical Centre
• Wessex Road Surgery
• Heatherview Medical Centre
• Fernside Surgery
• Parkstone Tower Practice

Situated in beautiful Dorset with the prestigious Blue Flag beaches of Bournemouth and Sandbanks, the Jurassic coastline and a wealth of attractions and countryside to visit we are lucky to be in such a fantastic area.

We offer

• Friendly and supportive working environment
• NHS Pension Scheme with Life Insurance
• Free parking at most of the sites
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme

Person Specification

Experience

• A minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
• Up to date clinical pharmacy therapeutic knowledge and practical knowledge of medicines optimisation principles and evidence based medicine
• Knowledge of pharmacy law and ethics, medicines optimisation, including legislation and policy
• 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 the practice
• Understanding of the NHS agenda and the issues affecting primary care
• Experience of change management and putting ideas into practice
• Experience dealing with difficult situations
• Experience of completing clinical audits
• Experience as a primary care pharmacy technician or part of a primary care medicines optimisation team
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing
• Experience of analysing prescribing data
• Knowledge of SystmOne clinical system

Qualifications

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or NVQ Level 3 Diploma in pharmacy service skills or equivalent with underpinning knowledge
• Current registration as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• BTEC Level 4 in Pharmaceutical Science

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.