Pharmacy Technician

Integrated Care System; Todmorden; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in Todmorden is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for a 10-month maternity cover. The role involves leading improvements in prescribing practices to enhance patient care, optimizing medication use, and supporting a multi-disciplinary team. Applicants must possess a Pharmacy Technician NVQ Level 3 qualification and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. This position offers a collaborative work environment dedicated to high-quality healthcare delivery.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience working in a primary care setting.
• Knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead improvements in prescribing to improve patient care.
• Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship.
• Provide expertise for public health needs and lifestyle advice.

Skills

Team working

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Pharmacy Technician NVQ Level 3

GCSE in Maths, English and science or equivalent

Tools

EMIS/SystmOne

Job description

Upper Calder Valley PCN has ashort term vacancy of 10 months for a Pharmacy Technician to cover MaternityLeave.

Main duties of the job

Principle responsibilities are-

Lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.

Help patients get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing, and ordering online, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

Be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation, and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives

Applicants should have Pharmacy Technician NVQ Level 3 qualification and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, experience in team working in primary care and CPPE PCPEP is desirable.

About us

Pennine GP Alliance is a member-led organisation made up of 19 GPpractices in Calderdale who form 5 Primary Care Networks (PCNs), collectivelyserving over 223,000 registered patients.

We work extremely closely with general practice but also inpartnership with other local healthcare providers with a purpose to ensureviable GP services remain at the heart of local communities, providingsustainable and high-quality patient-focused healthcare.

Join our team and experience a workplace that truly values growth,collaboration, and impact. We take pride in fostering a supportive andinclusive environment where every team member is encouraged to listen, learn,and lead. Together were dedicated to delivering better outcomes for GPpractices, and ultimately for the people of Calderdale.

At our organisation, your professional growth matters we arecommitted to providing the resources and opportunities you need for continuousdevelopment, ensuring you thrive both in your role and your career.

We look forward to receiving your application to join our team ofover 100 employees.

Job responsibilities

Leadimprovements to maximise safe, cost-effective best practise in prescribing toimprove the quality of patient care.

Helppatients get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreedand approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in GeneralPractice, including promotion of repeat dispensing, and ordering online,minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

Beresponsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of theprinciples of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams andpromoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This willinvolve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICEimplementation, and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

Undertakepatient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use,through shared decision-making conversations with patients.

Carryout medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration(e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicinesreconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work inpartnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.

Asdetermined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliationfor new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfersbetween care settings, linking with local community pharmacies.

Supportthe Clinical Pharmacist in Structured Medication Reviews (SMR) i.e., organisenecessary monitoring tests prior to SMR.

Provideexpertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients,including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling localhealth inequalities.

Manageshared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complexpatients.

Supportinitiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibioticprescribing locally.

Supportthe PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisationprocesses are being followed.

Implementefficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.

Providetraining and support on the legal, safe, and secure handling of medicines,including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).

Promotionof Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering.

Developrelationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of themulti-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social careincluding primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.

Supportpractice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, to allowGPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.

Supportthe implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GPpractices, care homes and other primary care settings.

Supportthe PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhancedservices.

Supportingquality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and OutcomesFramework and enhanced services.

Supportthe PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements.

Developa culture that promotes equality and values diversity. The postholder must beaware of and committed to the Equality and Diversity policies of the appointingGP Alliance and comply with all the requirements of these policies and activelypromote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post.

Ensurethe principles of openness, transparency and candour are observed and upheld inall working practices.

Thepost holder will have, or acquire through training provided by theorganisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding and knowledge, skills andpractice required for the post and be aware of and comply with theorganisations the PCN practices safeguarding protection policies andprocedures.

Ensurethat any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the linemanager/infection prevention and control.

Person Specification

Experience

• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
• Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team
• Experience working in a primary care setting
• Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services
• Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
• Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS/SystmOne
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
• Good personal organisational skills
• Effective time management
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
• 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
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Able to finish work tasks
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

Other requirements

• Flexibility to work outside core office hours.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• GSCE in Maths, English and science or equivalent

Skills

• Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional, and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures,
• including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working,
• information governance, and health and safety

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.