Pharmacy Technician - Primary and Community Care Academy
Job Description
Job summary
Pharmacy Technician in Primary Care GP practice - ABUHB PCCA
ABUHB Primary and Community are offering an exciting opportunity for passionate, motivated, forward-thinking Pharmacy Technicians looking to develop a career within Primary Care GP practices.
These posts provide the opportunity for Pharmacy Technicians looking to move sector and are new to GP practice to complete a transition programme with the support of a in-house Pharmacist, ensuring their competence and confidence in-line with National Primary Care Pharmacy Technician Framework.
Training is supported by an in-house programme in addition to completion of the GP Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation Programme delivered by Pharmacy Workforce Development South (PWDS).
Our posts allow Pharmacy Technicians to develop a substantive portfolio of experience setting you up perfectly to apply for ongoing career opportunities within GP practices. Excellent peer support is provided through our wider Primary Care Pharmacy network.
If you thrive on a fresh challenge, benefit from collaborative working with other healthcare professionals and want to make a difference to patients' health in a supportive development environment, this post would suit you.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 14 months due to a training programme. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Main duties of the job
- To contributing to the provision of safe and effective medicines management within Primary care GP practices.
- To a work as a core member of the team, working effectively with other health and social care professionals delivering services to patients.
- To improve the quality and effectiveness of medicines management within practice.
- To provide patient focussed, prudent healthcare.
- To undertake medicines reconciliation in line with practice protocols and standard operating procedures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of prescriptions and repeat prescriptions.
- Responding to patients' questions both face to face and over the phone; referring problems or queries to the pharmacist.
- Participating in patient reviews and updating of patient records via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in nursing and residential care homes.
- Participating in medication audits.
- Providing advice and information to GPs, staff and patients to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality, cost-effectiveness and the appropriate use of medicines to get the best outcomes for patients.
- Assisting in the monitoring and management of prescribing budgets and the preparation of evidence-based resources and information that support cost-effective prescribing.
- To promote medicines safety.
- To supervise and assist in training less experienced pharmacy technicians, foundation trainee pharmacists, students and prescribing clerks.
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
We welcome applications from Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians currently completing the Level 4 Certificate of Higher Education in Pharmacy Technician Practice with HEIW/UEA and will be registering with the General Pharmaceutical Council in February 2025.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with GPhC
- BTEC/ NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent OR Level 4 Certificate of Higher Education in Pharmacy Technician Practice
- Relevant post-qualification experience and completion of specialist training including completion of accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions and/or medicines management training to degree level or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience
- Evidence of recent and relevant Continuing Professional Development
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Skills
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Values
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Address
Llanarth House (Base practice tbc)
Bridge Street
Newbridge
NP11 5GH
