Job summary Please see the Pharmacy Technician Job Description below for an introduction to the role and the main duties. Please note interviews will be held in the afternoon of Wednesday February 5th. Main duties of the job Please see the Pharmacy Technician Job Description below for an introduction to the role and the main duties About us About Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice: We are run by Chilwell Valley and Meadows Partnership, a partnership of 9 GPs. GMS total nearly 16000patients across both sites. We are one practice on two similar sized purpose-built properties. Rated Outstanding by CQC with a strong emphasis on patient safety and caring High QOF and Enhanced Services achievement. Well established undergraduate and postgraduate GP teaching and research carried out on both sites. Full complement of staff including a two PCN part time practice pharmacists. Excellent relationship with local Primary Care Network Nottingham West, with support from other PCN pharmacists and technicians. We value holistic high-quality care for our patients and support for one another. Being a large team, we are able to nurture and mentor new staff at any stage of their career. Date posted 17 January 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary £29,970 to £36,483 a year Equivalent to Agenda For Change Band 5 Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number A5668-25-0001 Job locations The Valley Surgery 81 Bramcote Lane Beeston Nottingham NG9 4ET Chilwell Meadows Surgery Ranson Road Beeston Nottingham NG9 6DX Job description Job responsibilities JOB TITLE: CVAMP Pharmacy Technician PAY BAND: Band 5 Agenda for Change, spine point dependent on experience in Primary Care. HOURS OF WORK: 37.5 (WTE) LINE MANAGER: Prescribing Lead GP and PCN Pharmacy Team and Practice Manager for non clinical issues RESPONSIBLE TO: Chilwell Valley and Meadows Partnership BASE POINT: Chilwell Meadows Surgery but may be required to work at both sites and some home visiting as needed. CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent PURPOSE OF TEAM: Provides key support for the Clinical staff and for reception About Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice: We are run by Chilwell Valley and Meadows Partnership, a partnership of 9 GPs. GMS total nearly 16000patients across both sites. We are one practice on two similar sized purpose-built properties. Rated Outstanding by CQC with a strong emphasis on patient safety and caring High QOF and Enhanced Services achievement. Well established undergraduate and postgraduate GP teaching and research carried out on both sites. Full complement of staff including a two PCN part time practice pharmacists. Excellent relationship with local Primary Care Network Nottingham West, with support from other PCN pharmacists and technicians. We value holistic high-quality care for our patients and support for one another. Being a large team, we are able to nurture and mentor new staff at any stage of their career. Job Summary: 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 in the Practice. The pharmacy technicians will 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. Pharmacy Technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. 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. This will involve assisting the PCN pharmacists and GPs in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives. Specific duties Clinical Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients. Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively. As determined by the Practice, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies. Supporting the Clinical Pharmacists in medication reviews i.e. organising necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR. Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities. Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally. Technical and administration Support the Practice multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed. Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage. Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering. Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health. Support practice Reception Teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and Clinical Pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within the Practice, care homes and other primary care settings. Support the Practice to deliver on any local and national initiatives as determined by the practice. Support the Practice in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements and ensuring practice aligns with the policies. General The post holder will: Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. The post holder must be aware of and committed to the Equality and Diversity policies of the Practice and actively promote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post. Ensure the principles of openness, transparency and candor are observed and upheld in all working practices. The post holder will have, or acquire through training provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding and knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of and comply with the Practices safeguarding protection policies and procedures. Ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the Practice manager Equality and diversity The post-holder will support equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers & colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal and Professional development The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, directly or under supervision. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Indemnity All Pharmacy Technicians must work within their competencies and have professional indemnity for their role. Job description Job responsibilities JOB TITLE: CVAMP Pharmacy Technician PAY BAND: Band 5 Agenda for Change, spine point dependent on experience in Primary Care. HOURS OF WORK: 37.5 (WTE) LINE MANAGER: Prescribing Lead GP and PCN Pharmacy Team and Practice Manager for non clinical issues RESPONSIBLE TO: Chilwell Valley and Meadows Partnership BASE POINT: Chilwell Meadows Surgery but may be required to work at both sites and some home visiting as needed. CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent PURPOSE OF TEAM: Provides key support for the Clinical staff and for reception About Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice: We are run by Chilwell Valley and Meadows Partnership, a partnership of 9 GPs. GMS total nearly 16000patients across both sites. We are one practice on two similar sized purpose-built properties. Rated Outstanding by CQC with a strong emphasis on patient safety and caring High QOF and Enhanced Services achievement. Well established undergraduate and postgraduate GP teaching and research carried out on both sites. Full complement of staff including a two PCN part time practice pharmacists. Excellent relationship with local Primary Care Network Nottingham West, with support from other PCN pharmacists and technicians. We value holistic high-quality care for our patients and support for one another. Being a large team, we are able to nurture and mentor new staff at any stage of their career. Job Summary: 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 in the Practice. The pharmacy technicians will 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. Pharmacy Technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. 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. This will involve assisting the PCN pharmacists and GPs in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives. Specific duties Clinical Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients. Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively. As determined by the Practice, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies. Supporting the Clinical Pharmacists in medication reviews i.e. organising necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR. Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities. Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally. Technical and administration Support the Practice multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed. Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage. Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering. Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health. Support practice Reception Teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and Clinical Pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within the Practice, care homes and other primary care settings. Support the Practice to deliver on any local and national initiatives as determined by the practice. Support the Practice in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements and ensuring practice aligns with the policies. General The post holder will: Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. The post holder must be aware of and committed to the Equality and Diversity policies of the Practice and actively promote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post. Ensure the principles of openness, transparency and candor are observed and upheld in all working practices. The post holder will have, or acquire through training provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding and knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of and comply with the Practices safeguarding protection policies and procedures. Ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the Practice manager Equality and diversity The post-holder will support equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers & colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal and Professional development The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, directly or under supervision. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Indemnity All Pharmacy Technicians must work within their competencies and have professional indemnity for their role. Person Specification Experience Essential - Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology - Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation Desirable - Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence based medicine - An appreciation of NHS agenda and government targets - Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the organisations - Awareness of GP budget management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of PCN and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality - An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improvement of prescribing Other requirements Essential - Flexibility to work outside of core office hours - Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check - Clear understanding of confidentiality - Ability to work across both locations and to travel to a patients home Qualifications Essential - Professional registration with GPhC - Evidence of continued professional development - Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations new opportunities and challenges Desirable Experience of working as a qualified registered Pharmacy Technician in primary care community or hospital Person Specification Experience Essential - Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology - Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation Desirable - Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence based medicine - An appreciation of NHS agenda and government targets - Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the organisations - Awareness of GP budget management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of PCN and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality - An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improvement of prescribing Other requirements Essential - Flexibility to work outside of core office hours - Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check - Clear understanding of confidentiality - Ability to work across both locations and to travel to a patients home Qualifications Essential - Professional registration with GPhC - Evidence of continued professional development - Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations new opportunities and challenges Desirable Experience of working as a qualified registered Pharmacy Technician in primary care community or hospital 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice Address The Valley Surgery 81 Bramcote Lane Beeston Nottingham NG9 4ET Employer's website https://www.chilwellvalleyandmeadowspractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)