Pharmacy Technician

York Medical Group; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in York is seeking a registered pharmacy technician to provide essential support to clinical pharmacists. Responsibilities include managing medication requests, conducting safety audits, and maintaining patient communication. The ideal candidate should be registered with GPhC and possess strong technical and patient interaction skills. This full-time role offers opportunities to improve patient care.

Benefits

Sick pay

Day shift, Monday to Friday

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC as pharmacy technician.
• Experience in providing technical and administrative support to clinical staff.
• Ability to process medication requests accurately.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and administrative support to Clinical Pharmacists.
• Assist with audits related to patient safety and prescribing.
• Process repeat medication requests and issue prescriptions.

Skills

Technical support

Patient interaction

Data analysis

Medication management

Education

Registered with GPhC as pharmacy technician

Job description

Location: 32 Clifton, North Yorkshire, YO30 6AE

Company: York Medical Group

Job Type: Full-time

• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Main duties of the job

Registered with GPhC as pharmacy technician

• To provide technical and administrative support to the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.
• Support the Reception teams with complex queries around medication from patients.
• Complete audits around patient safety and cost effective prescribing and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.

About us

Make a Real Difference Every Day. Join York Medical Group, a vibrant, innovative, and forward-thinking practice at the heart of York. Serving over 44,000 patients across six city-based sites, we're proud of our integrated team of GPs, ANPs, UCPs, Nurses, HCAs, Mental Health Workers, and many others who share one mission: delivering exceptional, compassionate healthcare.

Job responsibilities

Salary dependent on experience to be discussed at interview

Job Description: To work under the supervision of the Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescriptions to patients.

Registered with GPhC as pharmacy technician

• To provide technical and administrative support to the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.
• Support the Reception teams with complex queries around medication from patients.
• Complete audits around patient safety and cost effective prescribing and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the Pharmacist and Clinicians in accordance with agreed practice prescribing standard operating procedures.
• Process repeat medication requests, including the conversion of acute requests to repeat medicines, changing quantities of medicines.
• Issue prescriptions in line with agreed clinical protocols and within your competency
• Liaise with secondary and primary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following the transfer of care.
• Monitor practice adherence to the repeat prescribing policy
• Assist the Pharmacist with data analysis of prescribing behavior in line with NICE guidance and local clinical commissioning directives.
• Assist with the development and review of medicine audits
• Maintain and develop medicines communication to staff
• Provide a contact for patients and colleagues with medication queries.
• Use practice and CCG templates to record near patients monitoring for high risk drugs.
• Identify blood tests, recalls and reviews using established protocols and forward these to the appropriate clinician.
• Liaise with Clinicians and staff to resolve prescribing queries.
• Review hospital discharge notifications and outpatient hospital letters and reconcile medication against current repeats, flagging up and correcting discrepancies.
• Promote safe use of medication, reporting of medication related incidents and proactively preventing safeguarding incidents.
• Observe the principles of clinical governance when developing policies, protocols, guidelines, SOPs and procedures.
• Support practice prescribing budgets by on-going monitoring, audit and analysis of drug use and support practices in reviewing, developing and enhancing cost-effective prescribing.
• Help review medication with the Pharmacists and make recommendation for prescribing changes to improve outcome and ensure prescribing of the most effective product.
• Project work/prescribing initiatives under the support of the Pharmacist
• Adhere to strict confidentiality policies at all times.
• Attend local meetings seeking to improve access to medicines or repeat prescribing processes.
• Undertake audits of prescribing as agreed by pharmacist

Person Specification

Experience

• Registered with GPhC as pharmacy technician

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.