PCN Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

The purpose of the role is to support the Practices and GP Prescribing Leads in ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient systems for repeat prescribing and medicines management.

Primary Care Clinical Pharmacy is developing, and we are looking for a motivated individual who isflexible to respond to the developing nature of the role and the needs and priorities of individuals requiring support. Under the direction of the clinical pharmacists, we expect that you will be able to work independently and manage your own workload. You will need excellent communication skills to be able to liaise with patients, primary care staff, community pharmacists and other partners.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for the main duties and responsibilities for this role.

About us

There are 5 GP practices that have cometogether to form Pendle East Primary Care Network covering a population ofapproximately 47, 500 patients.

Our mission in Pendle East is tostrengthen, develop and support local General Practice, to enable the deliveryof high-quality care to local people.

We are building teams within thePCN to enable peer support and team working both within and across professions.

We have an opportunity to createsomething special and we want you to be part of it. We have the infrastructure,the relationships, and the potential to create a team that will make asignificant difference to GP practices, to outcomes for local populations, andto individual lives for patients across Pendle.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification document separately for the specifics about this post.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication skills Knowledge of pharmacy procedures Understanding of medicines legislation and ethics Knowledge of diversity issues and ability to work in non-discriminatory way. IT skills including MS Word and Excel

Desirable

Skills in analysing and presenting prescribing activity data EMIS Web user

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication skills Knowledge of pharmacy procedures Understanding of medicines legislation and ethics Knowledge of diversity issues and ability to work in non-discriminatory way. IT skills including MS Word and Excel

Desirable

Skills in analysing and presenting prescribing activity data EMIS Web user

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or Equivalent

Desirable

Accuracy Checking Qualifications

Experience

Essential

Medicines management or dispensing role in the community

Desirable

Policy / procedure development General Practice repeat prescribing systems

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