Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred, coordinated care across the district. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice.
Pharmacy Technicians play an important role, complementing Clinical Pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not able to prescribe or make clinical decisions, instead working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines.
- Sussex Primary Care’s Values
- Be patient-focussed in everything we do
- Support staff to be the best they can be
- Innovate, learn and evaluate
Sussex Primary Care run a number of GP Practices across Sussex providing excellent primary care in the heart of the community.We are a learning organisation that listens to our team of staff, patients and partners to guide our future. At the heart of our vision are our patients and their needs.
- Job Summary
To support the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. To carry out medicines switches in GP practices in line with practice and ICB agreed specific protocols reviewing patients records; amending records and informing patients. Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation. Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering Report on key performance indicators to demonstrate added value for patients and general practice in accordance with NICE guidance.
- Key responsibilities
- Registered with GPhC
- Passion for patient care
- Confidentiality code of conduct
- Medication administration
- Undertaking patient facing and patient supporting role
- Medicines optimisation tasks
- Support medication reviews and medication reconciliation
- Consultation skills to work in partnership with patients
- Provide primary support to practice staff with prescription and medication queries
- Synchronise medicines for patients
- Provide specialist expertise, where competent to address both public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, help in tackling local health inequalities
- Clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with pharmacist for more complex patients
- Support antimicrobial stewardship to help reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
- Delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits to support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance
- Manage practice prescriptions Re-authorisation and reissue queries
- Action MHRA, QOF, Medicines Management, e-Repeat Dispensing, High risk drugs management and workstream issues
- Proficiency in running reports
- Proficiency in Navigating SystemOne
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in reauthorising medicines
- Effective communication skills to interact with pharmacists, patients and healthcare providers
- Work with multi-disciplinary team
- Supervise practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests
- Day to day planning of personal workloads follow practice policies and procedures and meet set deadlines
- Signpost patients to the correct healthcare profession
- Maintain accurate clinical record of all patient consultations and work review
- Ensuring the practice conforms to NICE guidelines
- Conduct prescribing audits and share outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and change in practice
- Flexibility
a)This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the role. The postholder may be required to carry out other duties commensurate with their banding and competence.
- Policies and Procedures
a)The postholder is required to familiarise themselves with all organisation policies and procedures and to comply at all times.
- Confidentiality and Data Protection
a)The postholder must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business and always meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act (1998).
b)The postholder must always comply with all organisation information and data protection policies. The work of Sussex Primary Care is of a confidential nature and any information gained by the postholder in their role must not be communicated to other persons except where required in the recognised course of duty.
- Health and Safety
a)Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and must follow these in full at all times, including ensuring that they act in line with all agreed procedures at all times in order to maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors and colleagues.
- Equality and Diversity
a)Sussex Primary Care is working towards equality and has policies relating to the equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery.All staff are expected to comply with these policies.
- Use of Technology
a)The organisation is making increased use of computer technology. The majority of employees (both clinical and non-clinical) should expect to use automated information systems in their work in order to improve quality and co-ordination of services, and to enable faster and more certain communication within the Organisation. Necessary training will be provided.
- No Smoking Policy
a)Sussex Primary Care operates a no-smoking policy, in line with Government legislation.This applies to all staff, visitors and patients.It is a condition of employment for staff that they do not smoke whilst on duty or in uniform or anywhere on Organisation premises. This includes electronic cigarettes.
b)Whilst we do not discriminate against employing smokers, they are expected to adhere to this policy and all prospective employees should be aware of this.
- Professional Registration
a)All employees who are required to be a member of a professional body are required to hold relevant registration and must comply with the standards and guidelines of their professional practice, education and conduct and must act within the boundary of the code of conduct at all times.
- Infection Prevention and Control
a)Infection Prevention and Control is everybody's responsibility.All staff, both clinical and non-clinical are required to adhere to the organisation’s Infection Prevention and Control policy and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection prevention and control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Health Care Associated Infections.
- Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults
a)Sussex Primary Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Rigorous recruitment checks are carried out and successful applicants may be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
- Quality
a)Excellent care at the heart of the community is our organisation vision. To make sure our care meets this high standard all staff must ensure that the three themes of quality care are provided in every encounter they have with our patients. The three themes are safe care, effective care and patient-centred care.
Pharmacy Technician in Hove employer: Sussex Primary Care
As a Clinical Pharmacist with us, you will be part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team dedicated to improving patient care through innovative medication management. Our supportive work culture fosters professional growth, offering continuous development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in the community. Located in a vibrant area, we provide a flexible working environment that values your expertise and encourages collaboration, ensuring you thrive both personally and professionally.
