Pharmacy Technician

The Methodist Church in Britain; Warmley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training from Lead Pharmacist & CPPE/N

Active Gloucestershire pharmacy网络

Job summary

The Cheltenham Peripheral Primary Care Network seeks a Pharmacy Technician to support medicines optimisation across five practices on the edge of Cheltenham. The role includes medication reviews, reconciliations, inhaler checks, and care home transfers, with registration on the national pharmacy education pathway.

In this post you will travel between sites, provide specialist advice on public health needs, and contribute to antimicrobial stewardship while ensuring patient safety and data

Qualifications

• Qualified and registered pharmacy technician (GPhC).
• Continued professional development (CPD) evidence.

Responsibilities

• Hold patient-facing conversations to support effective medicines use and shared decision-making.
• Check medicine administration and support reviews and reconciliations.
• Advise GPs, nurses, receptionists and community pharmacists.
• Support medication reviews for care home patients and liaise on transfers.
• Synchronise medicines for patients moving between care settings.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Prescribing data analysis

Attention to detail

Organisation

Communication

Data protection knowledge

Education

BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences

CPD demonstrated

Job description

This post sits in the Cheltenham Peripheral Primary Care Network, which covers five practices on the edge of Cheltenham, and adds a pharmacy technician alongside five clinical pharmacists. The work centres on medicines optimisation with patients, including medication reviews, reconciliation and inhaler technique checks, plus support for care home transfers and antimicrobial stewardship. The role involves moving between the five sites and enrolling on the national primary care pharmacy education pathway. Registration with the GPhc is required.

What the job involves

• Hold patient-facing conversations to support effective medicines use, using shared decision-making
• Check medicine administration, such as inhaler technique, and support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation
• Advise patients, GPs, nurses, receptionists and community pharmacists
• Support medication reviews and reconciliation for new care home patients
• Synchronise medicines for patients moving between care settings, liaising with local community pharmacists
• Assist with medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits
• Provide specialist advice on public health and social care needs, including lifestyle advice and tackling local health inequalities
• Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, liaising with specialist pharmacists for complex patients
• Support antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
• Support national prescribing policy in GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings, through clinical audits, quality improvement and QOF and enhanced services
• Travel between the five practice locations
• Carry out telephone and video consultations where necessary

What’s required

Qualifications

• BTEC or NVQ level 3, or equivalent, in pharmaceutical sciences
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)

Registration & licences

• Professional registration with the GPhc

Experience

• Working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy

Skills & knowledge

• Microsoft Office
• Analysing and interpreting prescribing data
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Organised, able to work alone or in a team and prioritise to deadlines
• Good written and verbal communication
• Knowledge of data protection and confidentiality requirements

Checks & eligibility

• Full driving licence and use of a car

Nice to have

• Experience of GP clinical systems, TPP SystmOne in particular
• Computer literacy with GP clinical systems

What’s offered

• Training from the Lead Pharmacist and national bodies
• Access to an active pharmacy network across Gloucestershire
• Enrolment on the CPPE and NHS England Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway