Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care
- Grade
- £30,861.00
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 6221384
- Employer
- Primary Care Doncaster Ltd
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Primary Care Doncaster
- Town
- Doncaster
- Salary
- £30,861 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician
£30,861.00
Job overview
Job Purpose:
- Provide technical support to the clinical pharmacist and other pharmacy services within general practice and the Primary Care Network (PCN) to ensure professional operational standards and excellence in pharmaceutical care and safety are maintained
- Ensure delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for medicines related clinical correspondence, repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes
Main duties of the job
- Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision making conversations with patient
- Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively
- Support, as determined by the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists
- Provide specialist expertise, where competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients
- Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
- Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits
Working for our organisation
Primary Care Doncaster Ltd is developing a wide range of services to support general practice across the Borough and is looking at innovative ways to develop its workforce, due to interest by a significant number of GP practices and Networks within the town.
As a PCD employee you will have access to the generous NHS Pension Scheme and 27 annual leave days per year.
PCD are an equal opportunities employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Alert pharmacy technician Coach to any issues compromising the quality of projects and operational workstreams
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
- To support training and development of administrative staff to support pharmacy service in line with protocols and procedures
- Work within risk management and health and safety policies and procedures within GP practices and other providers
- Adhere to a robust process for recording learning events, complaints, accidents and significant events
- To provide support to assist with the development and management of any changes or new processes and systems that need implementing.
- To carry out any other appropriate duties as determined by the organisation
- Should hold GPhC registration
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Portfolio of evidence of continuous professional development and post qualifying experience
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Membership with Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Medicines Reconciliation Certificate or equivalent
Experience Essential
Essential criteria
- Understanding of professional ethics and application in practice. Experience of prioritising work load and meeting deadlines. Previous experience working within a patient facing role
Experience - Desirable
Essential criteria
- Experience of prescribing/ clinical systems such as SystmOne and EMIS Web. Recent previous experience with comparable role in a General Practice. Able to undertake audit/quality improvement methodology
Skills/Compentencies
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills . Ability to recognise and seize opportunities for change and development within the service. Behaviour change and motivational interview skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cheryl Gowland
- Job title
- North West PCN Digital and Transformation Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07388 817457
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