Overview
SWAGGA PCN are seeking an enthusiastic, patient-focused, and independently motivated person to join our existing pharmacy team to provide quality patient care. We want a person with energy and interest to develop the Pharmacy Technician role through collaborative working. The successful candidate will work across the 16 GP Practices in the PCN, with projects ranging from dealing with prescription requests, cost-saving switches to facilitating medication reviews and systems and process improvements. We expect contribution to the medicines optimisation programme acting on best practice models from local and national guidelines. This role will be critical to realising our ambitions to improve patient outcomes in practices, care homes and domiciliary settings. We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job, and the application should clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements.
Main duties of the job
1. Lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective and best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
2. Be a skilled professional to help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols.
3. Improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering.
4. Minimise clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
5. Support patients on discharge from hospital, requiring excellent communication skills.
6. Being a Pharmacy Technician in the PCN will be an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
7. Comply with Health & Safety procedures and guidelines.
About us
SWAGGA Primary Care Network is a collaboration of 16 GP Practices geographically aligned and working together to improve patient care. SWAGGA PCN has a weighted patient population of approximately 105,000 patients. It is an extensive Network with a diverse population and patient needs. Our Network Team work across these practices, aiming to improve our patient\'s well-being and address health inequalities in South Liverpool.
Job responsibilities
Note: The PCN is unable to sponsor overseas applications; please only apply if you are legally able to work in the UK.
This is an exciting time to join SWAGGA PCN. The network has strong foundations and is developing at pace; we are recruiting additional Pharmacy Technicians. SWAGGA is a larger than average PCN with a population of around 100,000 patients across 16 practices.
Main responsibilities
The successful candidate will support the PCN Pharmacy Team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes, as well as facilitating structured medication reviews and performing searches and assisting dispensing practices in projects. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies and requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service provision within general practice.
1. Lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective and best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
2. Be a skilled professional to help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols.
3. Improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering.
4. Minimise clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
5. Support patients on discharge from hospital, requiring excellent communication skills.
6. Being a Pharmacy Technician in the PCN will be an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
7. Comply with Health & Safety procedures and guidelines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* The candidate must be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* Academic/vocational qualifications BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent and have a NVQ level.
* At least three years work experience in hospital or community pharmacy, GP dispensing practice or Clinical Commissioning Group.
* Significant relevant and ongoing CPD
* Be enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH)
* Full UK Driving Licence
* Experience of participation in audits or project management.
* Experience working with GP Practices and the law related to medicines use
* An appreciation of drug actions, doses, formulations and interactions for commonly prescribed medications. Familiarity with NICE technology appraisals relevant to primary care
* Experience of EMIS or previous experience within a comparable role in general practice
* Good communication skills both written and verbal
* Ability to recognise and work within bounds of own competence
* Completed the CPPE Pathway
Personal Attributes
* High degree of personal integrity.
* Self-motivated, innovative thinker.
* Reliable, conscientious and supportive.
* Team worker able to relate to all grades of staff and clinical and non-clinical professionals.
* Able to cope well with a busy environment and deal with interruptions and changes in daily routine.
* Have empathy with and be sensitive to patients needs.
* Ability to remain positive in the face of adversity and criticism.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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