GP Practice Pharmacy Technician

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting transformation programme to develop a new model of care, addressing our ambition to deliver person-centred, coordinated care across the practice population. GP practice technicians work within a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, based within a GP practice, and support the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for medicines optimisation, repeat prescribing, reducing medicine waste and maximising patient outcomes.

GP practice pharmacy technicians work under the supervision of a pharmacist and are registered healthcare professionals that are responsible and accountable for their own accurate and safe practice. As a GP practice pharmacy technician, you will receive ongoing training and development about all aspects of practice based prescribing and effective administration and will support the practice in providing medication reviews and achieving Quality and Outcomes Framework targets.

The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View to develop and utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care so it can pro-actively help patients stay safe, well and out of hospital as well as supporting efforts to reduce the demands on general practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1. Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, mental health, or Health + Justice sectors.
• 2. Professional registration with GPhC
• 3.Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of general practice and evidence based medicine.
• 4.Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
• 5. Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems (desirable) and
• Microsoft office packages (essential)

Desirable

• 1. Postgraduate qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines
• Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Level 4 Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Services and
• Therapeutics or Certificate of higher eduction In Pharmacy Technician Practice (desirable)
• 2.Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective
• merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges
• 3.An appreciation of the NHS agenda and government targets
• 4.Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering
• pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the
• organisation(s)
• 5.Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist
• services to assist delivery of Federation and NHS priorities and requirements for financial
• balance and quality
• 6. An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and
• strategies for the improvement of prescribing

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care,
• community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, mental health, or Health + Justice sectors

Skills, Competencies and Attributes

Essential

• Skills and Competencies
• 1.Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems (desirable) and
• 2.Microsoft office packages (essential)
• 3.Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
• 4.Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise own workload to meet strict deadlines
• 5.Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to adjust communication style and content to suit the audience
• 6.Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• 7.An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues
• Attributes
• 1.Works effectively independently and as a member of a team
• 2.Flexible approach to meet service needs and ensure a stakeholder focused response
• 3.Self-motivated and proactive
• 4.Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work
• 5.Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments if required
• 6.Independently mobile to be able to work across several sites and travel to meet with stakeholders (if required for role)
• 7.Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
• 8.Demonstrate ability to work in a busy environment; ability to deal with both urgent and important tasks and to prioritise effectively whilst also supporting others.

Desirable

• Skills and Competencies
• 1.Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems (desirable) and
• 2.Microsoft office packages (essential)
• 3.Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
• 4.Has a planned and organised approach with an ability ...