Job summary
Arden PCNare looking to recruit a Pharmacy Technician who is passionate for delivering a quality service to their patients. The postholder will support the practice based Clinical Pharmacist to ensure thedelivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing,medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patientoutcomes. This role will proactively transfer workload relating to medicinesoptimisation issues to improve patients care, safety and free up clinical staffto spend more time on clinical care.
Main duties of the job
The Pharmacy Technicianwill support the medicine management role of the Clinical Pharmacist to delivera safe, efficient, and consistently effective General Practice model of care,including supporting and assisting a cluster of GP practices. The purpose ofthe role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost-effective best practicein prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
About us
South Warwickshire GP Federation (SWGP) Is made up of 31 practicesfrom areas including Warwick, Leamington Spa, Stratford Upon Avon andKenilworth. We work together to deliver enhanced services for the 300,000patients we cover, as well as improving working practices for our staff.
SWGP are recruiting for a Pharmacy Technicianon behalf of the Arden PCN, which consists of the following practices...
Tanworth inArden Medical Centre - Broad Lane, Tanworth in Arden, Solihull B94 5DY
LapworthSurgery - Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, Solihull B94 6LH
Henley InArden Medical Centre - Prince Harry Road, Henley-in-Arden B95 5GD
Pool MedicalCentre- Pool Road, Studley B80 7QT
BudbrookeMedical Centre - Slade Hill, Hampton Magna, Budbrooke, Warwick CV35 8SA
AlcesterHealth Centre - The Primary Centre, Fields Park Drive, Alcester B49 6QR
ArrowSurgery - Fields Park Drive, Alcester B49 6QR
Salary is dependent on experience and qualifications andincludes NHS pension + 25 days holiday. Due to the geography and nature of therole a clean UK driving licence and full use of car is essential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Practice Based Clinical Pharmacist to ensure thedelivery of safe, effective and efficientsystems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicineswaste and maximising patientoutcomes. To proactively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues to improvepatients care, safetyand free up clinical staff to spend more time on clinicalcare.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Support the Clinical Pharmacistat GP federation level in their role in each of the PCN practices.
Improve patient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliancewith their medicines.
Support the clinical pharmacist with medicines and prescribing queriesfrom patients and staff.
Support the clinical pharmacist to improve the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance.
Carry out medicines switchesin GP practices in line with practice and CCG/ CSU agreed specificprotocols reviewingpatients records; amendingrecords and informing patients.
Carry out housekeeping whilstin patient records dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation.
Support improving prescribing processes in general practice.
Promotion of electronic repeatdispensing and onlineordering.
Use and maintain informationsystems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, costsavings and patient outcomes.
Work closely with GP practiceswithin their designated PCN.
Participate in practicemeetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacytechnician within the PCN model and to promote issuesrelevant to prescribing and medicines optimization.
Liaise with other pharmacystakeholders CCG/ CSU Medicines Optimisation team, community pharmacy,and hospital pharmacy teams.
Handle function specificinformation, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferringand/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection Act; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct.
To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines.
To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits EMIS Web.
Toundertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitateimprovement and changes in practice.
Ensurethat all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within level ofcompetence, are acted upon within practices over anappropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occuras a result.
To assist in the monitoring of prescribing expenditure at individual practice level and propose changes to ensure containment within identified resource.
To undertake learning and development to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice-based work.
Tocarry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the servicechange.
Contribute to the achievementand maintenance of good to outstanding CQC registration status.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Professional registration with GPhC.
2. BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical
3. sciences.
4. Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
5. Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in
6. primary care, community or hospital pharmacy - ideally five years post qualification experience.
Desirable
7. Postgraduate qualifications of a relevant nature.
8. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Therapeutics
Experience
Essential
9. Must understand the background to and aims of general practice.
10. Has appreciation of new NHS architecture including the relationship between individual provider, PCN and commissioners.
11. Understanding of the current national policies those impacting on medicine optimisation services.
12. Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology.
13. Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current
14. legislation.
Desirable
15. Good understanding of primary care.