Sutton Primary Care Networks
Closing Date: 16 August 2024
Job Summary
Pharmacy technicians are essential members of the healthcare team, working alongside clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists, and other professionals within the PCN. Unlike clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians do not prescribe or make clinical decisions, but they work under supervision to ensure the effective and efficient use of medicines.
Pharmacy technicians’ core responsibilities encompass clinical, technical, and administrative functions.
Main Duties of the Job
The primary purpose of this role is to lead improvements that maximize safe and cost-effective prescribing practices, thereby enhancing the quality of patient care. The post holder will assist patients in getting the most benefit from their medications by implementing approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes, promoting repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimizing clinical risk, and reducing medicine waste.
Additionally, the post holder will promote a deeper understanding of medicines optimization within practice teams and encourage adherence to best practices in line with therapeutic advancements. This includes supporting the PCN in meeting national standards, implementing NICE guidelines, and utilizing medicines optimization initiatives.
The post holder will be enrolled in the 15-month Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway with the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) if they have not already completed it.
About Us
Sutton Primary Care Networks serve a population of approximately 200,000 residents across 22 practices, organized into four PCNs: Carshalton, Cheam & South Sutton, Central Sutton, and Wallington PCN, each catering to around 50,000 patients. PCNs are crucial components of the NHS long-term plan, enhancing practices’ ability to recruit and retain staff, manage financial and estate pressures, offer a broader range of services, and integrate more seamlessly with the wider health and care system.
Our Sutton PCNs are forward-thinking, friendly, and committed to delivering high-quality healthcare services to Sutton and its surrounding areas. Working together as a larger GP partnership allows us to be more resilient and efficient, invest in continuous quality improvement, introduce new services, and develop our workforce. We value diversity, promote an inclusive culture, and support our colleagues in achieving a work-life balance.
Join our team in Sutton, where your dedication will be genuinely valued, your skills respected, and your ambitions rewarded.
Date Posted: 18 July 2024
Pay Scheme: Other
Salary: £35,000 to £38,000 a year, depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time
Reference Number: A2700-24-0046
Job Locations
* Sutton Primary Care Networks, Railway Approach, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 0DZ
* Cheam Family Practice, Gander Green Lane, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2HD
* The GP Centre, 322 Malden Road, Cheam, Sutton, Surrey, SM3 8EP
* Cheam Family Practice, Parkside, Cheam, Sutton, Surrey, SM3 8BS
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