Are you a dedicated PharmacyTechnician looking to make a significant impact on patient care?
Debenham Group Practice, part ofSuffolk Primary Care, is seeking a skilled and compassionate PharmacyTechnician to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team. Located in the ruraltown of Debenham, this role offers a genuine opportunity to make a realdifference in improving the quality and safety of care we provide to ourpatients. Debenham Group Practice deploys a diverse multi-disciplinaryteam and a supportive environment, one in which we hope you will thrive. Thisrole offers flexible working hours.
There will be a minimum of 2 people on the interview panel.
Main duties of the job
Undertake patient-facing and patient-supportingroles to ensure effective medicines use through shared-decision-makingconversations with patients.Carry out medicines optimisation tasks includingeffective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supportingmedication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utiliseconsultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they usetheir medicines effectively.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks includingeffective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supportingmedication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utiliseconsultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they usetheir medicines effectively.
Support medication reviews and medicinesreconciliation for new care home patients, synchronising medicines for patienttransfers between care settings, and linking with local community pharmacists.
Provide specialist expertise, where competent,to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, includinglifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local healthinequalities.
Take a central role in the clinical aspects ofshared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complexpatients.
About us
SPC is an innovative partnership of Suffolk GP surgeries.
Doctors and practice staff share resources and work together to ensure patients continue to receive high quality healthcare.
Suffolk Primary Care is committed to a policy of equal opportunities in employment. Applicants will ideally be fully vaccinated against Covid.
Benefits of working for SPC include:
The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme
Life insurance
Family benefits including an adult dependents pension and childrens pension
Ill health benefits
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
No credit check
Fully comprehensive insurance
Servicing and tyres
Breakdown cover
Up to £2,000 contribution from SPC subject to conditions
Proper Pay & Cost of Living Benefits
Living Wage Foundation Accredited
GP Remote Working
Eye Care Vouchers Health Service Discounts
Annual Leave - Minimum 33 days including bank holidays FTE with enhancements for long service
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity terms
High street discounts through our own online portal
Technology and Homewares Salary Sacrifice schemes with Currys and John Lewis
Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Gym Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Job responsibilities
Undertake patient-facing and patient-supportingroles to ensure effective medicines use through shared-decision-makingconversations with patients.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks includingeffective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supportingmedication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utiliseconsultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they usetheir medicines effectively.
Support medication reviews and medicinesreconciliation for new care home patients, synchronising medicines for patienttransfers between care settings, and linking with local community pharmacists.
Provide specialist expertise, where competent,to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, includinglifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local healthinequalities.
Take a central role in the clinical aspects ofshared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complexpatients.
Support initiatives for antimicrobialstewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
Support the implementation of nationalprescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes, and otherprimary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinicalaudits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures, andcontributing to efficient medicines optimisation.
Help guide and advise practice care navigation insorting and streaming general prescription requests to allow GPs and clinicalpharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
Provide leadership for medicines optimisationsystems across practices, supporting with a range of services to get the bestvalue from medicines by encouraging and implementing Electronic Prescriptions,safe repeat prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and management ofhigh-risk medicines.
Provide training and support on the legal, safe,and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of theElectronic Prescription Service (EPS).
Plan and organise own workload, and supportClinical Pharmacists and colleagues, as well as patients and carers.
Maintain registration as a pharmacy technicianand comply with appropriate professional codes.
Maintain and develop professional competence andexpertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, localand national service, legislation, and policy developments. Agree on objectivesand a personal development plan, and participate in the appraisal process.
Attend local, regional, and national meetings ofrelevance as agreed with the post holders line manager.
Undertake any other duties commensurate with thepost holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager.
Person Specification
Experience
* Have 3 years' experience as a pharmacy technician within a hospital, community or primary care setting
* Experience of Clinical Audit
* Experience of using TPP SystmOne
* Ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges
Qualifications
* GCSE in Maths, English and
* Science or equivalent NVQ
* Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services and be registered with the GPhC
* Evidence of Continued Professional Development
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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