Pharmacy technician

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic Pharmacy technician to work alongside our clinical pharmacists. We are a friendly and supportive primary care team comprising GPs, ANPs, nurses, physios and pharmacists. We have multicultural patient population of around 8000 patients. We are a Deepend practice, which means we are situated in one of the most socioeconomically deprived areas of the country. Our patients struggle more than most; the work that we do can have a huge impact on their health and wellbeing. We have regular team meetings and daily multidisciplinary catchups. Everyone plays their part equally to address Health Inequalities, if you want your work to make a difference, we are the place for you!

Job description

To support the practice to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.

To recommend changes to prescribing or medicines optimisation systems and processes in practice. To resolve prescription-related issues and encourage better pharmaceutical understanding with patients and throughout the primary health team, including GPs, nurses, practice staff, care homes and community pharmacy. By working as part of the multidisciplinary team, your role will be to improve the quality and safety of all aspects relating to prescribing and medicines optimisation within the practice. You will also contribute to the training and development of practice staff.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC Level three Diploma in Pharmaceutical science or NVQ Level three Diploma in pharmacy service skills or equivalent with underpinning knowledge
• Current registration as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• BTEC Level 4 in pharmaceutical science

Experience

Essential

• Up to date clinical pharmacy therapeutic knowledge and practical knowledge of medicines optimisation principles and evidence based medicine
• Knowledge of pharmacy law and ethics, medicines optimisation, including legislation and policy
• Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the practice
• Understanding of the NHS agenda and the issues affecting primary care
• Experience of change management and putting ideas into practice
• Experience dealing with difficult situations
• Experience of completing clinical audits

Desirable

• Experience as a primary care pharmacy technician or part of a primary care medicines optimisation team
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing

Experience of analysing prescribing data

Knowledge of SystmOne clinical system

A minimum of two years post qualification experience.

About the employer

We are a 'green' practice, where we can we try to make environmentally friendly decisions. We will shortly be moving into a new building, which is being built to the highest environmental standards. We are a relatively small team - around 20 people, ranging from those who have been with us 30years to people currently with us covering maternity leave, the average length of service is around 10 years, we don't have a high staff turnover. The management team consists of 3 partners and a practice manager. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, with all designated roles part of one team. There are regular coffee breaks during the day and a fruit bowl provided for staff ( we do have a biscuit cupboard if you prefer!!) We work hard, and we deal with many complex cases, but staff welfare is a priority, you will find both peers and team leaders very supportive