PCN Pharmacy Technician
Job summary
Leeds Student Medical Practice and The Light Surgery Primary Care Network (LSMP & TLS PCN) are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Pharmacy Technician.
The Pharmacy Technician will work closely with the PCN Pharmacy Team under the supervision of the Senior Clinical Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients. They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinical pharmacists and clinicians. The Pharmacy Technician will contribute to the implementation of the Structured Medication Review and Medicines Optimisation DES specification. It is desirable for the successful candidate to have experience of service development and experience in working in Primary Care, however this is not essential.
Interviews will be held in person on 10th July 2024
Main duties of the job
The PCN comprises of two Practices; both are committed to creating a supportive working environment where the role will develop over time. The Pharmacy Technician will support the PCN and practice clinical team with queries around medication, acute prescription requests and medicines reconciliation following discharge from another care provider. The Pharmacy Technician will complete audits around patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team. To liaise with patients, clinical and non-clinical staff, and other health care professionals to improve the pharmaceutical care of patients.
The Pharmacy Technician will try to maximise support to all Clinical and non-clinical practice staff to improve patient care in relation to all aspects of medicines and their impact. To provide professional specialist medicines advice to GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Community Pharmacists, Community Nurses, and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective, and high quality, cost-effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions for the benefit of the Practice's patients.
The successful candidate should be able to provide advice and guidance to practice staff and patients with regards to prescription and medication queries, policies, procedures, IIF, QOF, local incentive schemes, audits and medicines safety.
Our PCN does not have any care homes attached to our footprint.
About us
Leeds Student Medical Practice and The Light Surgery form our Primary Care Network (LSMP & TLS PCN), which works collaboratively to ensure high quality, equitable, and sustainable care. We work together to represent over 63,000 patients and strive to provide outstanding patient service. Our work remains rooted in the local communities that we serve which is predominately a student population. We want the most resilient people to join our growing PCN team, already consisting of: Care Coordinators, Mental Health Advisors, Community Wellbeing Connectors, Occupational Therapists, First Contact Physios, Clinical Pharmacists, Lead GPs, PCN Ops Assistant, PCN Manager and Clinical Director.
This role does notcome with parking.
LSMP & TLS PCN is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Pharmacy Technician will work closely with LSMP & TLS PCN Pharmacy Team under the supervision of the Senior Clinical Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients. They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinical pharmacists and clinicians. The Pharmacy Technician will contribute to the implementation of the Structured Medication Review and Medicines Optimisation DES specification.
The Pharmacy Technician will support the PCN and practice clinical team with queries around medication, acute prescription requests and medicines reconciliation following discharge from another care provider. The Pharmacy Technician will complete audits around patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team. To liaise with patients, clinical and non-clinical staff, practice, hospital and community pharmacists and patient's carers to improve the pharmaceutical care of patients.
Please see attached Job description for more information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- GPhC Registered Pharmacy Technician
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services
- Accredited Checking Technician
- Completion of relevant CPPE Primary Care Pathways
Skills
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office packages and case management systems
- Knowledge of the principles of medication optimisation
- Good pharmacy knowledge including terminology
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improvement of prescribing
- Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
- Understanding of current national policies, in particular those that impact on medicines management services
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- High levels of analytical literacy skills
- Organised with good time management
- Ability to follow policy and procedure
- EMIS/SystmOne user skills
- Experience of medicines reconciliation
- Understanding of community pharmacy systems
- Ability to develop and implement policy and procedure to sustain a quality service
- Understanding of QOF/PCN DES/IIF
Personal Qualities
- Polite and confident
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- Flexible and cooperative
- Displays self-confidence and self-awareness
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information in situations where there may be barriers to understanding both to patients, their families /carers and other professionals
- Ability to work under pressure
Experience
- Experience in managing own day to day workload using SOPs and clearly defined occupational policies and relevant regulations.
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- An appreciation of the nature of the Primary Care Networks (PCN)
- An appreciation of nature of GPs and general practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Student Medical Practice
Address
4 Blenheim Walk
Leeds
LS2 9AE
https://www.leedsstudentmedicalpractice.co.uk/
- Company
- Leeds Student Medical Practice
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom LS1 8TL
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £28407.00 - £32309.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Leeds Student Medical Practice
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom LS1 8TL
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £28407.00 - £32309.00 a year
- Posted