Pharmacy Technician

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as aPharmacy Technician in Lincolnshire to support GP practices within the PCN. This position is flexible in considering part or full time working and will be based between Woodhall Spa New Surgery and New Coningsby Surgery. Weare looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Pharmacy Technician with aminimum of 2 years experience to join our existing PCN pharmacists team. Thesuccessful pharmacy technician candidate will play an important role incomplementing our clinical pharmacists and other members of the PCNmulti-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work withintheir clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provideexpertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structuredmedication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines ontransfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescriptionauthorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, whileaddressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GPpractice(s) that make up the PCN.

The post holder will perform face to facemedication review of patients, especially for older people, people inresidential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holderwill provide support on quality improvement and clinical audit and well asmanaging some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

About us

East Lindsey Primary Care Network (PCN) consists of 8 GP surgeries across Lincolnshire and the surrounding villages.

We pride ourselves on being an active PCN within our local system working with local system partners.

We can offer you a generous NHS Pension and 25 days holiday and 8 Bank Holidays and training opportunities as well as the opportunity to influence and develop this new role and team.

We are very team focused and looking for the right person to join us.

This is an exciting new role within the PCN and will support the practice based Clinical Pharmacists and the wider PCN work programme including Enhanced Health in Care Homes.

Job responsibilities

They will embed into a team of GP\’s, pharmacists,technicians, practice nurses, occupational therapists, social prescribers andphysiotherapists.

They will work with supportive colleagues in thenetwork pharmacist team to promote high-quality prescribing and optimise themanagement of long-term conditions.

Main duties of the job

This is an evolving job role with huge scope fordevelopment as we expand our PCN team further over the years.

The post holder will:

The post holder will support the PCNclinical pharmacists with the Network DES programme.

Liaise with clinicians andadministrative staff to resolve medicines-related queries

Monitor practice prescribing andadherence to local and national prescribing policies

Improve service and quality throughmechanisms such as audit

The post will also work with patientsand their carers to get the best from their medicines, improving repeatprescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeatdispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reducewasted medicines.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work withintheir clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provideexpertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structuredmedication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines ontransfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescriptionauthorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, whileaddressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GPpractice(s) that make up the PCN.

The post holder will perform face to facemedication review of patients, especially for older people, people inresidential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holderwill provide support on quality improvement and clinical audit and well asmanaging some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

This role is pivotal to improving the quality of careand operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver anexcellent service within general practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Educated to GCSE level
• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Skills

Experience

• Highly specialised clinical technical services and advice concerning care, including reviewing prescriptions, providing specialised advice on doses, possible side effects of drugs, undertakes risk management and ensures compliance with medicines legislation

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.

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