We are looking for a PharmacyTechnician (Full or Part time) to work with our friendly and supportive team atNewton Place Surgery.
This position requires working eveningsand other cover when needed as our Surgery is open weekdays 8am to 6.30pm.
The successful applicant will beworking alongside a prescription team and clinical staff in general practice. Please see job description for full details.
We may carry out psychometric testingon shortlisted candidates.
A Standard Disclosure and BarringService check will be carried out as part of our recruitmentprocedures and also regularly during employment. The responsibility for payment of this lieswith the Practice.
It is a requirement that safeguarding trainingwill remain up to date and the safeguarding policies and procedures inplace within the Practice will be adhered to during employment.
Checks will be carried out for those who have livedor worked outside of the UK for more than 3 months in the last 5 years.
Faversham Medical Group is committed to equality ofopportunity and compliance under The Equality Act 2010. Please let us know if you have any reasonableadjustments required to support your application process.
The closing date givenis a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have receivedsufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as earlyas possible to prevent disappointment.
Main duties of the job
To support the PCN Practice at the abovelocations to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems forrepeat prescribing efficiency, medicines optimisation, medication enquiriestriage and maximising patient outcomes.
The role will also include training anddevelopment of practice based prescribing co-ordinators and administrators tosupport improved co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration withingeneral practice, especially with relation to repeat prescribing systems andprocesses.
About us
Faversham Medical Group consists of 2 GP surgeries;Faversham Medical Practice and Newton Place Surgery. We also run an UrgentTreatment Centre based at Faversham Health Centre.
We are a friendly and supportive team.
Faversham is a beautiful, historic market town. It is closeto the vibrant city of Canterbury; just 60 miles from London and yet withineasy reach of attractive coastline areas and beaches.
Job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities to beundertaken by members of the team may include any or all of the items in thefollowing list. Duties may be variedfrom time to time under the direction of the Partners/Business Manager,dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels:
* Toundertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and toupdate patients medical records / prescribing accordingly.
* Tosupport the achievement of the practices prescribing Quality and OutcomesFramework targets.
* Workingwith the Pharmacist and Prescribing Co-ordinators to contribute to the reviewand development of repeat prescribing protocols / Standard Operating Procedures(SOPS) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of repeat prescribingsystems.
* Toprovide advice to GPs, staff and patients in changes to prescribing to supportthe improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness.
* Toparticipate in medication audits.
* Toassist in the appropriate monitoring and management of prescribing budgets andto liaise with the Medicines Management Team at the NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
* Toprepare evidence based resources and information to support the implementationof rational cost-effective prescribing.
* Tosupport the PCN Pharmacist to provide medication reviews, patient informationleaflets, medicine awareness; and to undertake community visits as appropriate.
* Totake a proactive approach to the safe handling of prescriptions, including assessmentof risk and making recommendations for improvement.
* Torespond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional mannerreferring to the appropriate GP in accordance with practice protocols.
* Toadvise on the sourcing and safe management of medicines as appropriate.
* Toassist in the submission of claims for personally administered drugs asrequired.
Person Specification
Experience
* Minimum of two years experience as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy.
* Practical experience with Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel in order to create letter templates and input data into spreadsheets.
* Willingness to develop clinical skills and competency relevant to the role
* Completion of, or enrolment on the Clinical Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technician in general practice education pathway.
* Experience of dealing with the general public both face to face and over the phone.
* Evidence of continued professional development.
Essential (Other)
* Ability to work core hours with flexibility to cover additional hours when needed.
* Self-Motivation
* Adaptable
* Understands is required to travel independently to other Practices in the PCN to work when required, and to attend meetings etc.
* Full Driving Licence
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Qualifications
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician with relevant qualifications
* Evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge and Skills
* An up to date knowledge of pharmacy law and ethics and current legalisation.
* An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with staff and patients
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Good numeracy skills e.g. the ability to calculate quantities/doses of medicines, understand and re-sync medicines and batch prescriptions
* An ability to use initiative and problem solving skills.
* Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support.
* Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
* Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines
* Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
* Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
* Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/ motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations /agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
* Excellent attention to detail skills
* Willingness to accept additional responsibilities
* Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
* Specialist knowledge acquired through post- graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
* Awareness of the CQC requirements for general practice
* Previous experience with EMIS and Docman
* Knowledge of motivational techniques
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.
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