Pharmacy Technician
- NHS
- Full Time
- Chippenham
- 29780.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Chippenham, Corsham & Box Primary Care Network are seeking an enthusiastic, patient-focused & independently motivated person to join our existing pharmacy team of pharmacists & a pharmacy technician to provide quality patient-care.
This is a role taking advantage of the NHS Network Contract DES for Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme. Enrolment (or completion) of the CPPE Primary Care Pathway is expected.
The successful candidate will work across the 5 GP Practices in the PCN, with projects ranging from dealing with medicines reconciliation of clinical documents post-discharge, medicine safety alert processes, daily medicine-related tasks, involvement in seasonal vaccination programmes & facilitating medication reviews. We expect contribution to safe and effective prescribing across the PCN, acting on best practice from local & national guidelines.
Main duties of the job
Support the role of PCN clinical pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services to people in their own homes or local care homes.
- Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing
- Improve the use of medicines and help patients with medication concordance
- Assist with medication safety monitoring systems
- Liaise with hospital teams, 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 audit and searches
- Help identify patients at risk of medicines use issues, including waste, safety and over-use
About us
The Chippenham, Corsham and Box Primary Care Network (CCB PCN) provides proactive and coordinated care across the local population of 61,000 people. We have a strong focus on health promotion and personalised care, supporting people to make informed decisions about their health and social care. We are a dynamic, friendly and supportive PCN with much experience in training GPs and other healthcare professionals.
The individual practices have been early adopters of new models of NHS care, utilising the diverse skill mix offered by physiotherapists, paramedics, physician associates, social prescribers, and clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technician. The PCN is excited about continuing this development by growing the PCN Pharmacy Team.
Job responsibilities
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Knowledge of CPPE primary Care Pathway (necessary for ARRS funding)
BTEC/NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills/Pharmaceutical Sciences
Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD)
Full Driving Licence
Experience
Good IT skills and literacy
Experience of working with GP prescribing systems, other clinical systems, and Microsoft Office
Previous experience of working in primary care, within a GP practice
Knowledge & understanding
Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
Awareness of systems to support management of patients in primary care
Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics, and current legislation surrounding medication-use
Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems that enable Pharmacy teams to deliver local and NHS priorities
An appreciation of concepts associated with primary care prescribing including rational, cost-effective and quality improvement
Skills & Competencies
Able to analyse and interpret data
Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data
Has attention to detail, working accurately and able to identify errors quickly and easily
Able to manage allocated resources (time, equipment, base location)
Methodical and organised approach to prioritise workload
Able to think analytically
Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality principles
Attributes
Works effectively independently and as a member of a team
Flexible approach to meet service needs
Self-motivated and proactive
Independently mobile to be able to work across the PCN geographical area
Demonstrate ability to work in busy environment, dealing with both urgent and important tasks, prioritising effectively while supporting others
Excellent time keeping and prioritisation skills
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.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 1) Full Driving Licence
- 2) Good IT skills and literacy
- 3) Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
- 4) Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics, and current legislation surrounding medication-use
- 5) Able to analyse and interpret data
- 6) Has attention to detail, working accurately and able to identify errors quickly and easily
- 7) Able to manage allocated resources (time, equipment, base location)
- 8) Able to think analytically
- 9) Methodical and organised approach to prioritise workload
- 10) Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
- 11) Excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality principles
- 12) Works effectively independently and as a member of a team
- 13) Flexible approach to meet service needs & self-motivated and proactive
- 14) Independently mobile to be able to work across the PCN geographical area
- 15) Demonstrate ability to work in busy environment, dealing with both urgent and important tasks, prioritising effectively while supporting others
- 16) Excellent time keeping and prioritisation skills
Desirable
- 1) Experience of working with GP prescribing systems, other clinical systems, and Microsoft Office
- 2) Previous experience of working in primary care, within a GP practice
- 3) Awareness of systems to support management of patients in primary care
- 4) Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems that enable Pharmacy teams to deliver local and NHS priorities
- 5) An appreciation of concepts associated with primary care prescribing including rational, cost-effective and quality improvement
- 6) Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills/Pharmaceutical Sciences
Desirable
- Knowledge of CPPE primary Care Pathway (necessary for ARRS funding)
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Chippenham, Corsham & Box Primary Care Network
Address
Hathaway Surgery
32 New Road
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 1HP
Employer's website
https://www.hathawaysurgery.co.uk/chippenham-corsham-box-primary-care-network/ (Opens in a new tab)
