Senior Pharmacy Technician - Primary Care Network and Acute Trust

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Wirral; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in England is seeking an experienced pharmacy technician to join their Integrated Pharmacy workforce. You will support PCNs in delivering effective repeat prescribing and improving patient outcomes. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge in medicines optimisation and excellent communication skills to collaborate with healthcare professionals. This role offers professional development opportunities within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Career development opportunities

Holistic healthcare approach

Qualifications

• Experience as a pharmacy technician or in a relevant role.
• Knowledge of medicines management and optimisation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Support PCN clinical pharmacists in delivering effective systems for prescribing.
• Perform medicines reconciliation for hospital discharge patients.
• Build relationships with community pharmacy colleagues.
• Advise patients on medication side effects and benefits.
• Support integrated pathways across primary and secondary care.

Skills

Medicines optimisation

Communication with healthcare professionals

Patient counselling

Clinical guidelines adherence

Team collaboration

Job description

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced pharmacy technician to join our Integrated Pharmacy workforce providing a service to our PCNs within Wallasey and Moreton and Meols. These PCNs are a group of 8 GP practices working together to provide joined up services to support their patients to live happier, healthier lives. You will join an experienced and dynamic team that includes GPs, Nurses, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, Social Prescribers & Physiotherapists to provide clinical pharmacy services to our local population. We have embraced collaboration to achieve a system wide overview of the patients' medicines journey. This helps you identify how processes can be improved when patients move between care settings and become part of the system wide pharmacy family. You will be supported to complete the CPPE pathway.

Role Summary

The role will support the PCN clinical pharmacists to ensure the delivery of safe, effective systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the development of a better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promote good practice in line with clinical and operational guidelines.
• Perform medicines reconciliation for patients discharged from hospital including counselling on medicines use and referral to other clinicians as necessary.
• Communicate with a wide range of healthcare professionals within the trusts, practices and other services such as care home staff.
• Build strong relationships with community pharmacy colleague.
• Support patients with their medication and provide advice regarding benefits, risks and side effects.
• Support improvements in patient care and the development of integrated pathways across primary and secondary care.
• As part of the WUTH Integrated Pharmacy Service that supports a number of PCNs within Wirral, these roles are based within Wallasey Wellbeing and Moreton & Meols PCNs but may also support our other PCNs as required by service need. There are opportunities to work with colleagues from the other PCN teams in Wirral as well as having access to the Acute Trust specialists which helps you develop a better understanding the full patient journey.

Core Values

We strive to provide the best possible care for patients whilst creating a safe, caring environment for our staff.

Benefits

• Being part of a successful, friendly, supportive team.
• Wrap around support from the wider pharmacy team.
• Opportunity to develop a holistic perspective to support our 'healthcare without boundaries' approach.

Employment is via Wirral University Teaching Hospital which brings with it all the benefits of working for an NHS organisation. Staff are supported to develop, take opportunities to learn and to reach their potential.