Pharmacy Technician inBelper inBelper PUBLISHED 26 DEC 2023

Depending on experience  PERMANENT 

Belper PCN

Supporting the practices to achieve cost effective prescribing.


Job Purpose

To work with the clinicians in each practice team to rationalise and manage medicines, prescribing, repeat prescribing and the medicine review processes within each practice.

To support practices in the delivery of local and national NHS / ICB targets and objectives.


Management Line

Clinical management will be through the Clinical Pharmacist lead with line management provided by the Belper PCN management team.


Knowledge, Skills And Experience


Essential

  1. Professional registration with GPhC
  2. Evidence of continued professional development
  3. Demonstrate ability to influence partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different medication management options
  4. Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting
  5. Excellent clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
  6. Understanding of pharmacy law, ethics and current legislation
  7. Self-motivated, able to manage own time and work on own initiative
  8. Understand and be able to work in a multidisciplinary team
  9. Computer literate
  10. Clear understanding of patient confidentiality framework


Desirable

  1. Knowledge of local and national priorities
  2. Experience of working in Primary Care
  3. Experience of working in Community pharmacy
  4. Knowledge of GP computer systems
  5. Critical Appraisal skills
  6. Understanding of PACT data

6. Key Working Areas


Primary Roles:


- Medication reconciliation

- Support the practices to achieve cost effective prescribing

To provide advice and support as part of the MDT; to promote the clinically appropriate use of medicines at practice level.

Carry out medicines optimisation tasks under direction of PCN Pharmacists

- Working towards undertaking a patient facing role to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision making conversations with patients

Day to Day Workload to include:

Direct discussions with patients on a range of medicine related issues e.g. medication compliance and post discharge reviews

Support pharmacists in medication reviews / deprescribing for care home patients

Medicines reconciliation after hospital discharge and from clinic letters

Manage shared protocols and liaise with pharmacist for more complex patients

Support clinical pharmacist in structured medication reviews

Support initiatives to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

To carry out audits on prescribing as required

Provide training and support to reception and administration teams


Communications And Working Relationships:

Within the PCN:

Clinical Pharmacists

Prescribers in each practice

Practice staff

Primary Health care teams

External:

ICB Medicines Management Team

ICB Practice Pharmacists

Community Pharmacists

Pharmacists and other staff from neighbouring PCNs

Secondary Care

Nursing and residential homes

Pharmaceutical Industry


Key Challenge of role

Influencing and implementing change in the management of medicines at practice level in line with the rapidly developing national and local agenda.

If you value teamwork as much as we do then don't miss this opportunity to join our friendly and innovative Primary Care Network (PCN) 9 miles from Derby and a stones throw from Derbyshires beautiful Peak District.

We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our established pharmacy team, working across 4 GP practices to develop and manage medicines optimisation. This will involve working on a range of projects to deliver the best possible prescribing outcomes across the PCN.

If you like a variety of work, working in a multi disciplinary team and are keen to develop in your role then this is the opportunity you have been looking for.

Primary care is a fast changing and innovative environment where priorities can change as the demand of our patients change. In general terms the main responsibilities for the post holder are:

Supporting practices with medication reconciliation and repeat prescribing processes, working towards undertaking apatient interactive role to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision making conversations with patient

Supporting the practices to achieve cost effective prescribing

Providing advice and support as part of the MDT; to promote the clinically appropriate use of medicines at practice level.

Developing protocols to support long term condition management and safer prescribing


Job Purpose

To work with the clinicians in each practice team to rationalise and manage medicines, prescribing, repeat prescribing and the medicine review processes within each practice.

To support practices in the delivery of local and national NHS / ICB targets and objectives.


Management Line

Clinical management will be through the Clinical Pharmacist lead with line management provided by the Belper PCN management team.


Knowledge, Skills And Experience


Essential

  1. Professional registration with GPhC
  2. Evidence of continued professional development
  3. Demonstrate ability to influence partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different medication management options
  4. Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting
  5. Excellent clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
  6. Understanding of pharmacy law, ethics and current legislation
  7. Self-motivated, able to manage own time and work on own initiative
  8. Understand and be able to work in a multidisciplinary team
  9. Computer literate
  10. Clear understanding of patient confidentiality framework


Desirable

  1. Knowledge of local and national priorities
  2. Experience of working in Primary Care
  3. Experience of working in Community pharmacy
  4. Knowledge of GP computer systems
  5. Critical Appraisal skills
  6. Understanding of PACT data

6. Key Working Areas


Primary Roles:


- Medication reconciliation

- Support the practices to achieve cost effective prescribing

To provide advice and support as part of the MDT; to promote the clinically appropriate use of medicines at practice level.

Carry out medicines optimisation tasks under direction of PCN Pharmacists

- Working towards undertaking a patient facing role to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision making conversations with patients

Day to Day Workload to include:

Direct discussions with patients on a range of medicine related issues e.g. medication compliance and post discharge reviews

Support pharmacists in medication reviews / deprescribing for care home patients

Medicines reconciliation after hospital discharge and from clinic letters

Manage shared protocols and liaise with pharmacist for more complex patients

Support clinical pharmacist in structured medication reviews

Support initiatives to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

To carry out audits on prescribing as required

Provide training and support to reception and administration teams


Communications And Working Relationships:

Within the PCN:

Clinical Pharmacists

Prescribers in each practice

Practice staff

Primary Health care teams

External:

ICB Medicines Management Team

ICB Practice Pharmacists

Community Pharmacists

Pharmacists and other staff from neighbouring PCNs

Secondary Care

Nursing and residential homes

Pharmaceutical Industry


Key Challenge of role

Influencing and implementing change in the management of medicines at practice level in line with the rapidly developing national and local agenda.

If you value teamwork as much as we do then don't miss this opportunity to join our friendly and innovative Primary Care Network (PCN) 9 miles from Derby and a stones throw from Derbyshires beautiful Peak District.

We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our established pharmacy team, working across 4 GP practices to develop and manage medicines optimisation. This will involve working on a range of projects to deliver the best possible prescribing outcomes across the PCN.

If you like a variety of work, working in a multi disciplinary team and are keen to develop in your role then this is the opportunity you have been looking for.

Primary care is a fast changing and innovative environment where priorities can change as the demand of our patients change. In general terms the main responsibilities for the post holder are:

Supporting practices with medication reconciliation and repeat prescribing processes, working towards undertaking apatient interactive role to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision making conversations with patient

Supporting the practices to achieve cost effective prescribing

Providing advice and support as part of the MDT; to promote the clinically appropriate use of medicines at practice level.

Developing protocols to support long term condition management and safer prescribing



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