NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
If you are a qualified technician but do not yet have the experience required for this role, there may be opportunity to work in a training capacity for a minimum of 12 months or until competency is reached. The pay grade on this basis would be Band 5 Annex 21 - £27,362.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Qualified Pharmacy Technician to join us at South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (SY ICB) as a Medicines Optimisation Technician within our award-winning team.
You will have the opportunity to help shape the medical care of the population of SY, working to remove inequality of access and outcomes and reduce the morbidity experienced by those with health conditions. You will assist us with cost saving and quality workstreams.
We will support your career direction with opportunities to grow and utilise your skills and demonstrate the attributes of healthcare professionals across the wider healthcare arena. We provide a flexible working environment utilising technology to effectively work across the whole of South Yorkshire, while still accommodating personal needs.
Main Duties of the Job
You will assist us with cost saving and quality workstreams by making agreed changes to patients' medicines and providing practices and PCN teams with timely and accurate prescribing performance data, supporting them to manage their prescribing budgets whilst adhering to local guidelines and formularies.
You will have knowledge and understanding of the ICB Quality, Innovation, Productivity, Prevention (QIPP) plan and support its implementation at practice level, along with knowledge of guidelines and policies developed in response to NICE or NHSEngland publications.
You will assist in information sharing relating to medicines, including national and local prescribing policies, prescribing committee decisions, and medicines safety issues.
You will support the investigation of medicines-related safety incidents, CQC concerns, and the development of systems and processes.
You will support the provision of appropriate medicines optimisation education and training events for healthcare professionals and build relationships with practice and PCN teams to ensure effective communication on issues relating to prescribing and population health needs.
About Us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4 million people. Working through our four places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity, and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims: Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.
Our nearly 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population.
Job Responsibilities
* Utilise effective communication with patients/carers, provider colleagues, other members of the Medicines Optimisation Team, wider ICB, and stakeholders.
* Communicate results of audits and other prescribing-related work to ICB partner staff concisely, presenting information in a suitable format for the target audience.
* Ensure information is provided in a timely manner to the appropriate individual.
* Attend and contribute to partner provider meetings and other prescribing meetings.
* Assist with the monitoring and analysis of prescribing data at ICB and ICS level and offer support to partners.
* Produce reports for ICS partners and the SY ICB.
* Undertake audits and reviews of SY ICS partners to assess prescribing against local and national guidelines.
* Assist in the collection and analysis of clinical data from patient notes.
* Plan and organise straightforward tasks, activities or programmes to be delivered to ICS partners or ICB colleagues.
* Support the training and induction of new and existing staff members.
* Deliver agreed training to provider colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BTEC or NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent with checking accreditation.
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Up-to-date clinical knowledge of drugs and procedures.
* Registered with DBS update service (or willing to register once appointed).
* Completion of Pharmacy Technician BTEC Clinical Diploma.
Skills and Competencies
* Communication skills for complex information and administrative matters.
* Problem-solving skills and ability to respond to unexpected demands.
* Ability to manipulate data sets.
* Able to handle sensitive and confidential data.
* Negotiating, networking, and persuasive skills.
Knowledge and Understanding
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and GP clinical systems.
* Knowledge of administrative procedures and project management.
Attributes
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
* Attention to detail and ability to work accurately.
* Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity.
* Excellent time optimisation skills.
Experience
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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