PCN Pharmacy Technician - The Old School SurgeryNHS
Job summary
Due to some changes within a practice, we are delighted to be recruiting a Pharmacy Technician, to work at The Old School Surgery for Hinckley and Bosworth Medical Alliance.
The Old School Surgery is part of Fosseway PCN, and is a practice that is anticipated to increase its patient list size over the coming years.
There is already a Pharmacy Technician within the practice, and the successful applicant will be working alongside them, to support the needs of the practice.
There is a degree of flexibility in regards to the working hours per week, with a minimum requirement of 18.75 hours, up to a maximum of 37.5 hours per week. Salary will be pro-rata based on working hours.
Please note that should this vacancy attract sufficient interest it may be necessary to close the vacancy at an earlier date. We therefore suggest that you apply at an early stage to avoid disappointment
Benefits:
Access to the NHS Pension
Eyecare Scheme
Funded CPD Days (if appropriate)
Access to NHS Staff Discount Scheme
Minimum of 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays (pro rata). Increasing with length of service
Sick pay
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking pharmacy technician to join our like-minded practice. We endeavour to find the best pharmacy talent to join our team. The successful pharmacy technician candidate will play an important role in complementing our members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. This is an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
It is a requirement of the role to be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician. We are seeking a pharmacy technician preferably with previous experience of working in primary care.
We expect the successful candidate to contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive primary care medicines management system acting on current best practice / service change requests from our clinical commissioning group.
The Pharmacy Technician will be required to undertake activities predominantly at a practice level, but will need to be flexible to work to the wider demands of the network. For example, the role will involve liaising with community pharmacy teams to highlight and manage problems identified by community pharmacy, such as medicines waste.
An understanding of primary care operations and use of SystmOne would be an advantage but is not essential.
Job description
The post holder will
Support the practice in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services
Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing under the supervision of the GP or Clinical Pharmacist
Improve the use of medicines and help patients with medication adherence.
Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs)
Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries
Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to practice, local and national prescribing policies
Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audits
Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility:
Operational
Support the Clinical Pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (e.g. organise necessary monitoring tests before SMR and identification of appropriate patients)
Undertake patient-supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making
Support medicine reconciliation of patients whose care is transferred back into primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with patients and other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication on discharge
Liaise with PCN dispensaries and community pharmacies to aid effective medicines reconciliation
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation post-discharge and other transfers of care
Assist with the development and implementation of systems to ensure safe and effective monitoring of high-risk medication
Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Assist Clinical Pharmacists with any searches, data collection, medicine safety tasks
Work with pharmacy team to develop safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing
Increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing
Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
Review and analyse prescribing data across the network using available tools producing reports and feedback for practices
Undertake, participate and share outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement
Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance
Collaborating Working Relationships
Work collaboratively with the PCN team
Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system
Liaise with other stakeholders for the collective benefit of patients
Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups and other meetings to improve engagement with the role of pharmacy technician
Practice Targets
Support practices in achieving QOF
To be aware of the prescribing budget and identify and action areas for cost improvement
Work with PCN team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved
PCN responsibilities
Identify, report and/or process any issues of concern relating to safeguarding and quality of care arising from working with patients and referring onwards as appropriate.
Participate in the induction and training of new members of staff and contribute to PCN development.
Professional development
Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities.
Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
Undertake the CPPE Primary Care Education Pathway
Work with your line manager to access regular clinical supervision, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present.
Miscellaneous
Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility
HBMA Privacy notice is available upon request.
About us
Hinckley and Bosworth Medical Alliance is a GP Federation that supports 12 GP practices across Hinckley & Bosworth locality, which form 3 Primary Care Networks (PCNs).
We employ in excess of 40 PCN staff across a number of clinical grades and in supportive roles, and we continue to grow. This includes a team of 8 Social Prescriber Link Workers
As a rapidly growing Federation, we have structures in place to ensure that all staff have appropriate mentors and are supported in their professional development.