North East Derbyshire Primary Care Network Limited
Pharmacy Technicians are an integral part of the general practice team, working within their professional boundaries for each practice within the PCN.
This role will need 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 support the PCN and practice clinical and admin teams with queries regarding medication from patients.
The Pharmacy Technician will complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.
Main duties of the job
As a PCN Pharmacy Technician, you will be at the heart of our mission to provide high-quality care. Your responsibilities will include:
* Supporting medication management and optimisation across the network.
* Collaborating with GPs, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes.
* Conducting medication reviews and providing expert advice to patients.
* Assisting in the development and implementation of innovative pharmacy services.
* Ensuring compliance with CQC standards and contributing to governance processes.
About us
NED PCN is an organisational group of four proactive GP practices in North East Derbyshire. The Practices are Barlborough Medical Practice, Killamarsh Medical Practice, The Springs Medical Partnership and The Valleys Medical Partnership.
NED PCN is a relatively small PCN with just over 40,000 patients. We feel that this makes us big enough to develop a successful team but small enough to be an approachable, friendly place to be.
The NHS Long Term Plan describes the prominent role Primary Care Networks play in delivering proactive, personalised and more integrated health and social care for their local populations. This will require collaborative working between organisations including GP practices, acute and community health, social care organisations and the voluntary and community sector.
Core practices opening hours of 8:00am 6:30pm Monday to Friday each week.
If you would be interested in having a confidential informal discussion about this opportunity or for further details, please contact:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS JOB MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE DATE ADVERTISED
Job responsibilities
For further information in relation to this vacancy, please refer to the detailed job description attached.
Person Specification
Other Requirements
* Access to own transport with business insurance and ability to travel across locality.
* Flexibility.
* Resilient.
* Motivated and proactive with a positive approach to challenges.
* Adaptable to change.
* Good sense of humour.
Experience
* Working under appropriate clinical supervision to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines.
* Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face.
* Knowledge of IT systems, including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
* Good personal organisational skills.
* Effective time management.
* Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
* Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
* Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity.
* Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
* Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
* Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
* Able to finish work tasks.
* Problem solving and analytical skills.
* Ability to maintain confidentiality.
* Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety.
* Experience working in a primary care setting.
* Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services.
* An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.
* Good clinical system IT knowledge of SystmOne.
Qualifications
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician - Training requirements are currently in transition and further information is available at GPhC.
* Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH).
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.
North East Derbyshire Primary Care Network Limited
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