Job Summary
Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred, coordinated care across the district. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice.
Pharmacy technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not able to prescribe or make clinical decisions, instead working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines.
Main duties of the job
To support the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. To carry out medicines switches in GP practices in line with practice andICB agreed specific protocols reviewing patients records; amending records and informing patients. Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation. Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering Report on key performance indicators to demonstrate added value for patients and general practice in accordance with NICE guidance.
About Us
Dolphins Practice is part of a wider group owed by Sussex Primary Care. Sussex Primary Care run a number of GP Practices across Sussex providing excellent primary care in the heart of the community.We are a learning organisation that listens to our team of staff, patients and partners to guide our future. At the heart of our vision are our patients and their needs.
Details
Date posted
14 July 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
U0087-25-0018
Job locations
Dolphins Surgery
Butlers Green Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 4BN
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
Registered with GPhC
Passion for patient care
Confidentiality code of conduct
Medication administration
Undertaking patient facing and patient supporting role
Medicines optimisation tasks
Support medication reviews and medication reconciliation
Consultation skills to work in partnership with patients
Provide primary support to practice staff with prescription and medication queries
Synchronise medicines for patients
Provide specialist expertise, where competent to address both public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, help in tackling local health inequalities
Clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with pharmacist for more complex patients
Support antimicrobial stewardship to help reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits to support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance
Manage practice prescriptions Re-authorisation and reissue queries
Action MHRA, QOF, Medicines Management, e-Repeat Dispensing, High risk drugs management and workstream issues
Proficiency in running reports
Proficiency in Navigating SystemOne
Strong attention to detail and accuracy in reauthorising medicines
Effective communication skills to interact with pharmacists, patients and healthcare providers
Work with multi-disciplinary team
Supervise practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
Day to day planning of personal workloads follow practice policies and procedures and meet set deadlines
Signpost patients to the correct healthcare profession
Maintain accurate clinical record of all patient consultations and work review
Ensuring the practice conforms to NICE guidelines
Conduct prescribing audits and share outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and change in practice
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
Registered with GPhC
Passion for patient care
Confidentiality code of conduct
Medication administration
Undertaking patient facing and patient supporting role
Medicines optimisation tasks
Support medication reviews and medication reconciliation
Consultation skills to work in partnership with patients
Provide primary support to practice staff with prescription and medication queries
Synchronise medicines for patients
Provide specialist expertise, where competent to address both public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, help in tackling local health inequalities
Clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with pharmacist for more complex patients
Support antimicrobial stewardship to help reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits to support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance
Manage practice prescriptions Re-authorisation and reissue queries
Action MHRA, QOF, Medicines Management, e-Repeat Dispensing, High risk drugs management and workstream issues
Proficiency in running reports
Proficiency in Navigating SystemOne
Strong attention to detail and accuracy in reauthorising medicines
Effective communication skills to interact with pharmacists, patients and healthcare providers
Work with multi-disciplinary team
Supervise practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
Day to day planning of personal workloads follow practice policies and procedures and meet set deadlines
Signpost patients to the correct healthcare profession
Maintain accurate clinical record of all patient consultations and work review
Ensuring the practice conforms to NICE guidelines
Conduct prescribing audits and share outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and change in practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered with GPhC
Person Specification
Essential
* Registered with GPhC
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).
Additional information
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
Sussex Primary Care
Address
Dolphins Surgery
Butlers Green Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 4BN
Employer's website
http://www.sussexprimarycare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Primary Care
Address
Dolphins Surgery
Butlers Green Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 4BN
Employer's website
http://www.sussexprimarycare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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