Pharmacy Technician

Integrated Care System; St Helens; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing health organization is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join their team in St Helens. The successful candidate will provide essential support in the pharmacy hub, ensuring timely medication supply and assisting clinical pharmacists. This role offers opportunities for professional development within a dynamic and innovative environment focused on high-quality patient care.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Annual leave minimum 27 days plus 8 bank holidays

Employee discounts and benefits

Wellbeing support and initiative

Qualifications

• 2 years experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy.
• Knowledge of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
• Ability to use GP clinical systems and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and administrative support to the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.
• Ensure safe and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.
• Manage patient inquiries related to medications.

Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmacy services

Job description

Modality PartnershipHaydock Divisionhas a full-time vacancy for a Pharmacy Technician. The postholder will be ahigh performing Pharmacy Technician, working across the Partnership providing Pharmacy Techniciansupport along with Pharmacists, who together with digital enablers such as onlineconsultations, will create an innovative pharmacy hub for patients. We areseeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CAREvalues: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

This job issuitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for patientcare and supporting patients with their health outcomes. Working with the widerteam such as Pharmacists, Prescribing teams, and GPs to ensure prescribingtargets are met and changes are made in a timely manner.

As an employee withus you can benefit from:

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8days bank holiday pro rata

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Education and career pathways

Enhanced Family friendly policies

Wellbeing support and initiative

If you are interested in learningmore, please read on.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as part ofModality Partnership Haydock Division working as part of the pharmacy hubwhich will include pharmacy administrators, pharmacy technicians &prescribing pharmacists, and who will deal with all pharmacy related patientinquiries, as well as the delivery of structured medication reviews, high-riskdrug monitoring, medicines reconciliation, repeat medication facilitation, drugaudits and other clinical work depending on your competencies.

The role is not a regular 9am-5pm job;the job requires innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the postholderwill be required to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks arecompleted.

About us

We are one ofthe largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients andwith a workforce of 1500+. We areunique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of servicesthrough the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scaleacross the organisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders tohelp us to harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improvepatient and staff satisfaction. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolioof skills in primary care with career advancing opportunities.

All employeesare welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme.We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathwaysand who align to our organisational values of CARE.

ModalityPartnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuringequal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line withthe Equality Act, 2010.

Job responsibilities

Please refer tothe supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the coreresponsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you arepassionate about delivering high quality care for patients, and you are a teamplayer and want to be part of a pharmacy hub where you can be innovative aspart of a forward-thinking team to bring your ideas to the table.

Working under the supervision of the Lead Clinical Pharmacistyou will ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medicationto patients, and will provide technical and administrative support to theClinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.

If you feelthis is the ideal career opportunity for you and you want to rise to thechallenge of working in a division of a GP super-partnership, we welcome anapplication for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.

Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to closethis vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.

Pre-employment

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we willbe checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manageindividual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may beundecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles aremandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is amandatory requirement.

Right to work checks

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove theirright to work in the UK at the interview stage.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role

References

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, onemust be your current or most recent employer.

Employment history

You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence based medicine
• An appreciation of the NHS agenda and Government targets
• 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 organisation(s)
• Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of DIVISION and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services

Personal Qualities

• Works effectively independently and as a member of a team
• Flexible approach to meet service needs and ensure a stakeholder focused response
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work
• Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments if required
• Independently mobile to be able to work across several sites and travel to meet with stakeholders
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
• Demonstrate ability to work in a busy environment; ability to deal with both urgent and important tasks and to prioritise effectively whilst also supporting others
• Excellent time keeping and prioritisation skills

Skills

• Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems (desirable) and Microsoft office packages (essential)
• Understand the aims of current healthcare policy within the DIVISION
• Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data
• Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
• Able to effectively manage allocated resources
• Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload to meet strict deadlines
• Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to adjust communication style and content to suit the audience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with team members, patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals. Whilst recognising peoples needs for alternative methods of communication
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues

Experience

• 2 years experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy
• Primary care experience

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.

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