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A dynamic opportunity for an enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join a dedicated team within a leading Integrated Care System. The successful candidate will collaborate with Clinical Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to ensure safe medication supply and participate in multiple initiatives aimed at improving patient care. We offer a supportive environment committed to professional development and quality patient outcomes, with a focus on promoting equality and diversity in healthcare delivery.
Arbennek PCN is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person to join its team as a Pharmacy Technician.
The successful candidate will work with Clinical Pharmacists along with the practice and PCN's wider multi-disciplinary team, under supervision, to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.
Interview Date 04.09.25
Arbennek PCN is located in the central ICA within the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care System and has approximately 32,453 people registered from 4 GP Practices Brannel Surgery, Clays Surgery, Probus Surgery and Roseland Surgeries.
Undertakepatient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use,through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
Carry outmedicines 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. organise necessary 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 tacklinglocal health inequalities.
Manageshared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
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).
Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing(eRD) and online ordering
Develop relationshipswith other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team tosupport integration across health and social care including primary care,community pharmacy, secondary care and mentalhealth.
Supportpractice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs andclinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
Supportthe implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GPpractices, care homes and other primary caresettings.
Supportthe PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
Supportingquality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;
Supportthe PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements
Develop a culture that promotes equality andvalues diversity. The postholder must be aware of and committed to the Equalityand Diversity policies of the appointing GP Federation and comply with all therequirements of these policies and actively promote Equality and Diversityissues relevant to the post.
Ensure the principles of openness,transparency and candor are observedand upheld in all working practices.
The post holder will have, or acquire throughtraining provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguardingand knowledge, skills and practicerequired for the post and be aware of and comply with the organisations safeguardingprotection policies and procedures.
Ensure that any infection prevention andcontrol issues are reported to the line manager/Infection Prevention and Control
The post-holder will support the equality, diversityand rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importanceof peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practiceprocedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs andbeliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to andof the individual, is non- judgmental and respects their circumstances,feelings priorities and rights.
The post-holder will participate in anytraining programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, withsuch training to include:
Participation in an annual individualperformance review, including takingresponsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility for own development,learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others whoare undertaking similar work
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within thepractice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of qualityand risk
Assess own performance and take accountabilityfor own actions, either directly orunder supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team byreflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improveand enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in otheragencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
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.