The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We are delighted to offer this exciting full-time post in partnership with Newcastle North Gosforth Primary Care Network. The post is supported and resourced by the trust but based in North Gosforth Primary Care Network. The successful candidate will be joining an established team of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in a patient-facing role. You can make a real difference for multi-comorbid individuals and those at risk of medication-related harm. You will be supported in practice and on the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway by a named senior clinical pharmacist and an educational supervisor from CPPE as well as our talented, research-active multidisciplinary teams.
North Gosforth Primary Care Network comprises of 3 practices; travelling between practices would be required. If you are kind, innovative, work well in a team, find patient consultations rewarding, and understand patient-centred care, then you could be our perfect fit.
Prior experience in a patient-facing role in any sector is an advantage. Please see the Job description and Person specification for more details and get in touch for a chat or a visit.
* Interview Date: 9th April 2025
37 hours 30 minutes/week
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will register with Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education's Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP); the course is fully funded by Health Education England, and we will provide full financial support for travel, study leave, and any equipment needed.
Key responsibilities of the role include solving medicines-related problems for patients and alleviating GP workload. This will include:
* Reconciling medicines at the point of registration to the practice and liaison with the team regarding onward monitoring.
* Establishing patient safety systems within the practices related to high-risk medicines.
* Making changes to the patient's primary care record.
* Issuing prescriptions.
* Talking to patients about new/changed medicines.
* Electronic transfer of care to community pharmacy.
* Adjusting medicine formulations for swallowing difficulties or MDS provision.
* Bringing medicine issues in line for repeat dispensing or proxy ordering.
* Re-authorising repeat medicines.
* Setting up electronic repeat dispensing.
* Supporting the wider pharmacy team through collaboration and shared learning.
Job responsibilities
* To practice as an experienced pharmacy technician.
* To practice as a registered pharmacy technician.
* To provide a clinical service to identified patients.
* In domiciliary general practice or Trust settings including reducing risk associated with the admission and discharge process.
* To undertake a broad range of technical pharmaceutical activities including providing advice to patients and other healthcare staff.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month's pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
* Knowledge and understanding of all technical aspects of pharmacy patient services, supported by practical experience gained by practical experience of an approved training programme.
* In addition, successful completion of an in-house competency-based training programme or previous relevant post qualification relevant clinical experience which provides an equivalent level of additional experience.
SKILLS
* Excellent oral and written communication.
* Excellent customer care.
* Working knowledge of pharmacy, hospital and/or general practice computer systems.
EXPERIENCE
* Practical experience of working in a relevant clinical pharmacy environment.
* Practical experience of working as a designated checker.
* Familiar with Medicines Information enquiry answering resources.
QUALIFICATIONS
* S/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and approved underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent recognised pharmacy technician qualification plus experience to degree equivalent.
* Registered with GPhC.
* An Accredited Accuracy Checking Qualification.
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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