Pharmacy Technician

The Chipping Surgery; Wotton-under-Edge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Wotton-under-Edge seeks a Pharmacy Technician. You will support patient care by managing medication supply, conducting reviews, and participating in health initiatives. The role requires GPhC registration and effective communication skills in a compassionate team environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively.
• Good personal organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrate personal accountability and emotional resilience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe and accurate medication use through patient interactions.
• Conduct medication reviews and reconciliation for care home patients.
• Support public health campaigns and maintain a clean working area.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Confidentiality

Education

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Completed pharmacy technician training requirements

Tools

EMIS

SystmOne

Vision

Job description

The postholder is a Pharmacy Technician andis an integral part of the general practice team, working within theirprofessional boundaries.

This rolewill work under the supervision of the Senior Clinical Pharmacist to ensure thesafe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.

They willprovide technical and administrative support to the clinicians.

The Pharmacy Technician will support theorganisations clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients.

The Pharmacy Technician willcomplete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication andpresent the information for sharing with the clinical team.

Main duties of the job

The Pharmacy Technician will be part of a small team of 3, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, the pharmacy Technician and a pharmacy support administrator. The team will ensure the safe and accurate use of all medication within the surgery.

About us

The Chipping Surgery is based in the quite rural town of Wotton under Edge. You will be joining a hard working compassionate and professional team who strive to deliver the best service they can each and every day. We are very much a team who support each other in our newly refurbished bright and cheery building which benefits from a relaxed friendly working environment. Staff very seldom leave, they normally retire.

Job responsibilities

PrimaryResponsibilities

The Pharmacy Technician is to assume the following keyresponsibilities in delivering health services.

a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensureeffective medicines use through shared decision-making conversations withpatients.

b. Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicineadministration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication reviewsand medicines reconciliation. When required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership withpatients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.

c. Support, as determined by the organisation, medication reviews andmedicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicinesfor patient transfers between care settings and linking with local communitypharmacists.

d. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both thepublic health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice,service information and help in tackling local health inequalities.

e. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared careprotocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients.

f.Support initiatives forantimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

g. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and managementincentive schemes and patient safety audits.

h. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies andguidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use ofantibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to theQuality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.

i.Attend a formal appraisal with yourmanager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective hasbeen set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectivescan be agreed.

j.Contribute to public healthcampaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care.

k. To always maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area.

Person Specification

• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
• Knowledge of IT systems, including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
• Good personal organisational skills
• Effective time management
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
• Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
• Flexible and cooperative
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Able to finish work tasks
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
• Training requirements and further information are available at GPhC
• Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH)

Experience

• Is working under appropriate clinical supervision to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines
• Experience working in a primary care setting
• Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services
• An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
• Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS/SystmOne/Vision

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.