Pharmacy Technician (Temp Maternity Cover)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bognor Regis; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Flansham Park Health Centre in the United Kingdom is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to cover a six-month maternity leave on a fixed-term contract. You will ensure safe supply of medicines, support clinicians and participate in medicines optimisation within a training practice.

You will register with the GPhC and work under the Senior Partner’s supervision, assisting with care home reviews, antimicrobial stewardship and audits. Flexibility and patient safety are key.

Qualifications

• Meets GPhC qualification and training criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
• Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from an approved training pathway such as PCPEP or MOCH

Responsabilités

• Ensure safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients under supervision
• Provide technical and administrative support to clinicians
• Handle medication queries from patients and prescription requests directly
• Complete patient-safety audits on prescribing and present findings to the clinical team
• Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients
• Support antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
• Support reception teams in sorting and streaming prescription requests for GP and clinical pharmacist review
• Support medicines optimisation, including efficient ordering, returns, reduced wastage and safe repeat prescribing
• Support public health and screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations and flu clinics
• Provide training and support on the safe handling of medicines, including the Electronic Prescription Service
• Take part in clinical audits, quality improvement, QOF and enhanced services
• Support the management of patient complaints and learning from incidents and near misses

Connaissances

Clear communication

Accurate clinical notes

Safeguarding knowledge

Time management

Risk management

Emotional resilience

Formation

GPhC registration as Pharmacy Technician

PCPEP or MOCH training pathway

Description du poste

Pharmacy Technician covering maternity leave at Flansham Park Health Centre, a training practice, on a fixed-term contract for six months. The work centres on the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medicines, with technical support to clinicians, medication queries and patient-safety audits. The post sits in the general practice team under the Senior Partner's supervision and extends to care home medication reviews and antimicrobial stewardship. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is essential, and applicants who are practice patients must register elsewhere if appointed.

What the job involves

• Ensure safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients under the Senior Partner's supervision
• Provide technical and administrative support to clinicians
• Handle medication queries from patients and prescription requests directly
• Complete patient-safety audits on prescribing and present findings to the clinical team
• Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients
• Support antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
• Support reception teams in sorting and streaming prescription requests for GP and clinical pharmacist review
• Support medicines optimisation, including efficient ordering, returns, reduced wastage and safe repeat prescribing
• Support public health and screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations and flu clinics
• Provide training and support on the safe handling of medicines, including the Electronic Prescription Service
• Take part in clinical audits, quality improvement, QOF and enhanced services
• Support the management of patient complaints and learning from incidents and near misses

What’s required

Qualifications

• Meets GPhC qualification and training criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
• Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from an approved training pathway such as PCPEP or MOCH

Registration & licences

• Confirmed registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician

Experience

• Working under appropriate clinical supervision to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines

Skills & knowledge

• Communicating clearly with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face, with a clear, polite telephone manner
• Recording accurate clinical notes
• Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
• Effective time management, planning and organisation
• Identifying and managing risk when working with individuals
• Emotional resilience and working well under pressure

Other

• Working to legal, ethical and professional policies, codes of conduct and key practice policies
• Using own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
• Working as a team member and autonomously, with good interpersonal skills
• Getting along with people from all backgrounds and respecting diversity
• Sensitivity and empathy in distressing situations
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

Nice to have

• Experience of working in a primary care setting
• Understanding of GP practice healthcare provision, QOF and enhanced services
• Appreciation of the NHS landscape, including PCNs and commissioners
• Good clinical system IT knowledge
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Problem solving, analytical skills and interpreting data
• Word processing, email and internet skills to create simple plans and reports
• Effective use of resources