Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our developing multidisciplinary team across Rockingham Forest Primary Care Network (PCN).

The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an existing programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.

This innovative role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to support and work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy Team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for its patients whilst working in line with evolving requirements of PCNs.

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Main duties of the job

This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.

Medicine reconciliation from clinic letters.

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and ensuring prescribing in practice is in line with ICB Formulary.

Medication reviews.

Support Clinical Pharmacists with general prescription requests and medication queries to allow them to review the more clinically complex requests.

Demonstrates execution of activities including clinical audits, medicines reconciliation, treatment monitoring and medication reviews to ensure safer, cost effective prescribing.

Participate in practice meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician within the Lakeside Pharmacy model and to promote issues relevant to prescribing antimicrobial stewardship and improving quality of prescribing.

Undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice-based work.

Demonstrates working to complete effective and safe management of medicines related processes to achieve QOF, DES and IIF targets.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire.

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

Working within the Rockingham Forest Primary Care Network (PCN) you will be part of a forward-thinking Primary Care Network comprising of three surgeries across Corby, Kettering and Oundle. We recognise the value that these roles will bring to our practices and our patients, and we look forward to growing our PCN team. You will be joining an established, dynamic and varied team whose aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.

This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.

As a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from clinic and dischargeletters, and will develop further as the role of the Pharmacy team expands within theorganisation. It is vital that effective systems and procedures are in place to ensure that thisprocess is effective, safe and efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to daymanagement of this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process alsoensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the medication they areprescribed.

DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Job Responsibilities/Principal Duties to include:

Medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols

Level 1 medication reviews to include:

o Identifying patients on repeat medication who have not had a medication review.

o Check medical notes to assess if any monitoring is required and arrange asappropriate.

o Update medication as appropriate following defined protocols.

o Remove any old or unnecessary medication from repeat.

o Update quantities to provide appropriate supply each month.

o Review dosage instructions to ensure concise and clear instructions.

Ensure prescribing is in-line with the Lakeside Drug Formulary whilst taking consideration ofCCG prescribing guidance.

Support Clinical Pharmacists with general prescription requests and medication queries toallow them to review the more clinically complex requests.

Liaise with the pharmacist if there are any concerns regarding patient medication regimens.

Promote and support the implementation of electronic repeat dispensing.

Conduct searches for audits and high-risk drug monitoring using clinical systems.

Participate in practice meetings, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role ofpharmacy technician within the Lakeside Pharmacy model and to promote issues relevant toprescribing.

Undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills forpractice-based work.

Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibioticprescribing.

Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation incentive schemes and audits relating toMHRA alerts, drug monitoring and other patient safety initiatives.

Develop relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of themulti-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.

Demonstrates execution of activities including clinical audits, medicines reconciliation treatment monitoring and medication reviews to ensure safer, cost effective prescribing.

Training and personal development:

You will participate in any training and development programmes implemented by Lakeside Healthcare. This could include:

Participation in individual performance reviews, including maintaining a record of yourown personal and professional development.

Working with the Senior Pharmacist and the Management team to assess own learningneeds and undertaken any training as appropriate.

Make effective use of learning opportunities inside and outside the workplace, andprovide relevant feedback where appropriate.

Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to shareprovide relevant feedback where appropriate.

Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences. Professional Registration with the GPhC. Completion of CPPE Primary Care education pathway.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of continued professional development. Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy.

Desirable

Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either a CCG or hospital pharmacy.

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