Pharmacy Technician

3 days ago

Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom Hawthorn Medical Centre Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our team at Hawthorn Medical Centre. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will play a vital role in supporting our pharmacists and healthcare professionals in providing high-quality patient care.

Main Responsibilities

  • Provide support to clinical pharmacists in managing daily patient prescription requirements, including resolving patient and pharmacy queries.
  • Manage and process discharge summaries and clinical letters.
  • Undertake patient-facing and patient-supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
  • Review patient medication and run medication review clinics, either patient-facing or virtually, including in care homes.
  • Carry out medicines optimization tasks, including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation.
  • Provide specialist expertise to address public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
  • Manage MHRA alerts and actions, including leading the receipt and understanding of the alert, communicating with PCN contacts, and completing associated actions.
  • Undertake clinical audits, supporting quality improvement measures, and contributing to QOF and enhanced services.

About Us

Working at Hawthorn Medical Centre, you will join a strong team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, GPs, nurses, and paramedics in a supportive environment to deliver the best possible care for our patients.

Person Specification

  • Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
  • Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
  • Previous experience working in primary care (desirable)
  • Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community, or hospital pharmacy (desirable)

Skills and Competencies

  • Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems and Microsoft Office packages
  • Able to analyze and interpret prescribing data
  • Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
  • Able to effectively manage allocated resources
  • Works effectively independently and as a member of a team
  • Flexible approach to meet service needs and ensure a stakeholder-focused response
  • Self-motivated and proactive
  • Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work
  • Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments if required
  • Independently mobile to be able to work across several sites and travel to meet with stakeholders
  • Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
  • Demonstrate ability to work in a busy environment; ability to deal with both urgent and important tasks and to prioritize effectively while also supporting others
  • Excellent time-keeping and prioritization skills
  • Has a planned and organized approach with an ability to prioritize their own workload to meet strict deadlines
  • Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems
  • Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to adjust communication style and content to suit the audience
  • Influencing and negotiating skills

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