Overview
Join to apply for the Pharmacy Technician - South East Shropshire PCN role at Our Health Partnership.
The post holder is a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. They are required to act within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a multi-disciplinary team within general practice and a Primary Care Network (PCN).
Please note this role is for expanding our workforce and is not to replace any current roles. Full and part time roles will be considered, but we are ideally looking for 30+ hours a week. This is an on site role working at a practice within the South East Shropshire Primary Care Network (SES PCN) area (DY14, WV7, WV15, WV16, TF12, T13).
The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking pharmacy team employed by Our Health Partnership. Professional Leadership will be provided by the Consultant Pharmacist at OHP along with the PCN Lead Pharmacist and their team of clinical pharmacists.
Main duties
* The post holder will contribute to improving prescribing practice, patient care and deliver the Directed Enhanced Service PCN prescribing agenda. This includes improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practices within the PCN, promoting digitalisation, reducing medicines waste and minimising clinical risk associated with medicines taking.
* The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines, operating within clear protocols and guidance. They will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice and PCN teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments.
* The post holder will work with all sectors of pharmacy across the health system and the wider OHP organisation to improve population health. Demonstrating improvement in patient outcomes and working to reduce health inequalities across the PCN contributing to improving the efficiency of general practice and delivering a best in class service.
About Us
Our Health Partnership was set up by local GPs who are passionate about providing high quality primary care and using their time and skills effectively to benefit patients. We are currently a GP partnership of 30 practices with 38 surgeries, serving around 280,000 patients in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Shropshire.
Benefits
* NHS Pension
* Bank holidays off
* Staff employee benefits through Vivup
* Octopus electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
Details
Salary: £31,044 to £34,730 a year Dependent on experience but will be based on this range
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Job locations
Multiple sites across Birmingham, South East Shropshire and surrounding areas.
Job Description
Job responsibilities: All Pharmacy Technicians must work within their competencies and have professional indemnity for their role. Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for full details of the role.
Person Specification
Essential
* Expectation of undertaking CPPE Pathway qualification (If not already completed)
* Professional registration with GPhC.
* BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences.
* Evidence of continued professional development (CPD).
* Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy.
* Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges.
Note: Please see attached Person Specification for full details.
Regulatory
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service. UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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