Pharmacy Technician

Sussex Primary Care; Waldron; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Sussex Primary Care is seeking a GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician to join our primary care team in Crowborough, UK. You will support safe, cost-efficient medicines management across a busy GP practice and collaborate with the Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist and clinicians.

The role covers medicines reconciliation, repeat prescribing, monitoring and audits, with opportunities to take increasing ownership of projects and contribute to cost-saving initiatives and prescribing governance.

Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development.
• CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway completed or underway.
• Additional training relevant to medicines optimisation, prescribing safety or primary care pharmacy.
• Experience working as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Experience of medicines reconciliation and/or repeat prescribing processes.
• Experience communicating with patients and healthcare professionals regarding medication-related issues.
• Experience of working independently within scope of practice and escalating appropriately.
• Experience of using clinical or pharmacy IT systems.
• Previous experience in general practice or primary care.
• Experience of SystmOne.
• Experience of Shared Care Agreements and medication monitoring.
• Experience of medicines optimisation projects, prescribing audits or searches.
• Experience of QOF, LCS or ICB prescribing work.
• Experience of cost-effective prescribing and medication switches.
• Experience of taking ownership of projects or working with a high degree of autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge and clinical correspondence.
• Updating medication records accurately following discharge letters and specialist correspondence.
• Supporting safe and efficient repeat prescribing processes.
• Responding to prescription and medication-related queries from patients, pharmacies and clinicians.
• Supporting medication monitoring and identifying patients who require blood tests or ongoing monitoring.
• Supporting Shared Care Agreements, including identifying missing or expired agreements and outstanding monitoring requirements.
• Liaising with patients, community pharmacies and other healthcare professionals regarding medication issues.
• Supporting medicines shortages and identifying suitable alternatives where appropriate.
• Undertaking medicines optimisation searches and identifying patients who may benefit from medication review or prescribing changes.
• Supporting ICB medicines optimisation initiatives and local prescribing priorities.
• Supporting cost-effective prescribing and medication-switch projects.
• Supporting QOF, LCS and other prescribing-related work.
• Undertaking prescribing audits, searches and quality improvement work.
• Supporting patient follow-up and counselling in relation to medication changes and safe use of medicines.
• Identifying prescribing safety issues and escalating appropriately.
• Contributing to medicines governance and medication safety within the practice.
• Supporting the Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist, GPs and wider clinical team by managing appropriate medicines-related work within the Pharmacy Technician scope of practice.
• Taking increasing ownership of medicines optimisation and prescribing projects according to experience, competence and training.

Skills

Continuing professional development

Independent working

Communication skills

Pharmacy IT systems

Medicines governance

Education

CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway completed or underway

Additional training in medicines optimisation or prescribing safety

Tools

SystmOne

Clinical/pharmacy IT systems

Job description

Job summary We are looking for a motivated and proactive GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician to join our primary care team.

This is a varied role within a busy GP practice supporting approximately 8,000 patients. You will work closely with our Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist, GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and wider practice team to support safe, effective and cost-efficient medicines management.

Ideally, we are looking for someone with experience in general practice who is confident working across a broad range of medicines management and medicines optimisation activities. However, we would also welcome applications from Pharmacy Technicians with strong core skills who are keen to develop further within primary care.

The role offers the opportunity to work with increasing autonomy and take ownership of areas such as shared care, medication monitoring, medicines optimisation, prescribing audits, cost-saving initiatives and wider prescribing governance.

For candidates who are newer to primary care, we would support development into these wider areas over time. We are looking for someone with the right attitude, a willingness to learn and an interest in developing a broad and valued Pharmacy Technician role within general practice.

Main duties of the job The Pharmacy Technician will work as an integral part of the practice pharmacy team, supporting the safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines across a busy GP practice.

The role will include medicines reconciliation, repeat prescribing support, medication monitoring, Shared Care Agreement work, prescription and medication queries, and liaison with patients, community pharmacies, hospitals and other healthcare professionals.

The postholder will also support medicines optimisation, prescribing searches, audits, cost-saving initiatives, QOF/LCS work and wider prescribing governance. There will be opportunities to take increasing ownership of projects and develop greater autonomy in line with experience, competence and training.

We are ideally looking for someone with primary care experience, but we would also welcome applications from Pharmacy Technicians with strong core skills who are keen to develop further within general practice.

About us Sussex Primary Care run a number of GP Practices across Sussex providing excellent primary care in the heart of the community. We are a learning organisation that listens to our team of staff, patients and partners to guide our future. At the heart of our vision are our patients and their needs.

Sussex Primary Cares Values

Be patient-focussed in everything we do

Support staff to be the best they can be

Innovate, learn and evaluate

Job responsibilities The Pharmacy Technician will support the safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines across the practice, working closely with the Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist, GPs and wider multidisciplinary team.

The role will include:

• Medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge and clinical correspondence.
• Updating medication records accurately following discharge letters and specialist correspondence.
• Supporting safe and efficient repeat prescribing processes.
• Responding to prescription and medication-related queries from patients, pharmacies and clinicians.
• Supporting medication monitoring and identifying patients who require blood tests or other ongoing monitoring.
• Supporting Shared Care Agreements, including identifying missing or expired agreements and outstanding monitoring requirements.
• Liaising with patients, community pharmacies and other healthcare professionals regarding medication issues.
• Supporting medicines shortages and identifying suitable alternatives where appropriate.
• Undertaking medicines optimisation searches and identifying patients who may benefit from medication review or prescribing changes.
• Supporting ICB medicines optimisation initiatives and local prescribing priorities.
• Supporting cost-effective prescribing and medication-switch projects.
• Supporting QOF, LCS and other prescribing-related work.
• Undertaking prescribing audits, searches and quality improvement work.
• Supporting patient follow-up and counselling in relation to medication changes and safe use of medicines.
• Identifying prescribing safety issues and escalating appropriately.
• Contributing to medicines governance and medication safety within the practice.
• Supporting the Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist, GPs and wider clinical team by managing appropriate medicines-related work within the Pharmacy Technician scope of practice.
• Taking increasing ownership of medicines optimisation and prescribing projects according to experience, competence and training.

Qualifications Essential

• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
• CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway completed or underway
• Additional training relevant to medicines optimisation, prescribing safety or primary care pharmacy.
• Experience working as a Pharmacy Technician
• Experience of medicines reconciliation and/or repeat prescribing processes
• Experience communicating with patients and healthcare professionals regarding medication-related issues
• Experience of working independently within scope of practice and escalating appropriately
• Experience of using clinical or pharmacy IT systems
• Previous experience in general practice or primary care
• Experience of SystmOne
• Experience of Shared Care Agreements and medication monitoring
• Experience of medicines optimisation projects, prescribing audits or searches
• Experience of QOF, LCS or ICB prescribing work
• Experience of cost-effective prescribing and medication switches
• Experience of taking ownership of projects or working with a high degree of autonomy

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Pharmacy Technician Crowborough, United Kingdom