About the Role
As the largest independent provider of NHS services, Practice Plus Group is delivering a new model of Integrated Urgent Care that reduces pressures on services and staff. By bringing together NHS 111 call centers, clinical assessment and other urgent care services, we enable patients to access the right care, when they need it. It’s better for everyone.
This bank position offers a flexible opportunity to support the Medicines Management function within the Devon Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) service. You’ll play a key part in ensuring the safe, legal and high‑quality management of medicines across multiple Primary Care Centres, helping us maintain compliance with national standards, local policies and clinical governance requirements.
Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you’ll contribute to safer prescribing, effective stock control, and continuous improvement across the service. The role involves travel across Devon and suits a proactive, organised Pharmacy Technician who enjoys autonomy and variety in their work.
What you'll be doing
* Undertaking medicines management audits to ensure compliance with all policies, procedures and legal requirements, developing action plans from audit findings and actively following up on progress.
* Monitoring, trending, risk‑assessing and reviewing quality exception and error reports, ensuring any deviations from standards have agreed investigations and follow‑up actions.
* Maintaining up‑to‑date knowledge of local pharmacy procedures and staying fully conversant with developments affecting medicines management.
* Completing weekly visits to all bases to replenish morphine, undertake stock control of medication and supplies, and ensure consumables are available.
* Carrying out monthly prescribing analysis and providing feedback to clinicians when required.
* Following training, undertaking low‑level Datix investigations relating to medicine‑related incidents, complaints and healthcare professional feedback.
* Assisting with stock checks and supporting new pharmacist inductions.
* Chairing medicines management meetings and producing a monthly management bulletin to support communication and governance.
* Undertaking core medicines management audits required by the organisation or ICB.
* Reviewing and actioning CAS/MHRA alerts to ensure timely implementation of safety information.
* Supporting the Medical and Clinical Leads with controlled drug ordering and receiving.
* Producing slides and materials for quality assurance meetings.
* Completing core ICB reporting requirements and contributing to wider organisational reporting.
What we’ll look for in you
Essential
* BTEC or NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences, or an equivalent qualification that enables registration with the GPhC.
* Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC.
* Evidence of ongoing commitment to continuing professional development.
* Accuracy checking accreditation.
* Proven post‑qualification experience in a dispensary setting (community or hospital), providing broad exposure to medicines management and technical pharmaceutical services.
* Strong understanding of clinical governance, with the ability to question practice and contribute to continuous improvement.
* Clear understanding of the Medicines Management concept and its application in practice.
Desirable
* Completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway, or willingness to work towards it.
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