Pharmacy Technician

Avonside Health Centre; Warwick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Warwick is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist in delivering effective support to the Clinical Pharmacist and GP team. This role is ideal for someone with experience in general practice who is looking to work during school hours. Qualifications include GPhC registration and relevant experience. This position includes responsibilities in medicines optimisation and patient care, offering a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in general practice.
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology.
• Knowledge of pharmacy law and ethics.

Responsibilities

• Support the Clinical Pharmacist and GP team.
• Improve patient understanding of medicines.
• Conduct prescribing audits using clinical systems.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to prioritise workload

Education

Professional registration with GPhC

BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences

Relevant postgraduate qualifications

Tools

GP clinical systems

Microsoft Office packages

Job description

We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our team. This role would suit someone experienced in general practice and looking to work during school-hours. The post is funded via the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).

Main duties of the job

To support the PracticeBased Clinical Pharmacist and GP team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing,medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes. To proactively transfer workloadrelating to medicines optimisation issues to improve patientscare, safety and free up clinical staff to spend more time on clinicalcare

About us

Avonside Health Centre is a modern, spacious and purpose-built Practice caring for 10,500 patients within a forward-thinking and democratic team. Our mission statement is to provide the best possible healthcare services within the scope of our resources in a caring, confidential and courteous environment.

We pride ourselves on working in a supportive environment, having a fantastic team of colleagues and providing training for GPs and medical students. We are looking for someone to join our team who shares our values.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached document for the full job description and person specification.

Main Job Responsibilities:

• Support the Clinical Pharmacist in their role, and if requiredsupport the Clinical Pharmacist at GP federation level in their role in each ofthe PCNpractices.
• Improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliancewith their medicines.
• Support the clinicalpharmacist with medicines and prescribing queriesfrom patients and staff.
• Support the clinicalpharmacist to improvethe safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance.
• Carry out medicines switches in GP practices in line withpractice and ICB/CSU agreed specific protocols reviewing patients records, amending recordsand informing patients.
• Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. doseoptimisation and medicines synchronisation.
• Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering.
• Use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to theposition including incidentreporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes.
• Work closely with GP practices within their designated PCN.
• Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups,and other meetings to improveengagement of the role of pharmacy technician within the PCN model and to promote issuesrelevant to prescribing and medicines optimization.
• Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g. ICB/ CSU MedicinesOptimisation team, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams.
• Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive,complex or confidential and appropriatelyrecording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection Act; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct.
• To be responsible for the organisationand planning of own workload to meet set deadlines.
• To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits e.g. EMIS Web.
• To undertake, participate and share theoutcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice.
• Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts,where appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within practices over anappropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result.
• To assist in the monitoring of prescribing expenditure at individual practice level and propose changes to ensure containment within identified resource.
• To undertake learning and development to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice-based work.
• To carry outother duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the servicechange.
• Contribute to the achievement and maintenance of good tooutstanding CQC registration status.

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

• Proven verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems (desirable) and Microsoft office packages (essential)
• Able to prioritise and manage own workload

Qualifications

• Professional registration with GPhC
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Postgraduate qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Therapeutics

Experience

• Must understand the background to and aims of general practice
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
• Good understanding of primary care

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.

Depending on experienceWithin ARRS Funding Requirements