Pharmacy Technician – Market Harborough and Bosworth PCN
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Job overview
We are looking to recruit a skilled, experienced and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our PCN in Market Harborough and Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire. You will work with our PCN pharmacist and practice staff to ensure safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication. We are ideally looking to recruit full time but will consider flexible/part-time hours.
Main duties of the job
To provide support to our GPs, Clinical Pharmacist/ Dispensers, other clinical staff and reception teams, coordinating discharge summaries and medication reviews, playing a central role in repeat prescribing processes, liaising with our patients, nursing homes, carers, hospital and community pharmacies, responding to medication queries and updating medical records.
About us
The Market Harborough and Bosworth Primary Care Network comprises our two Practices – Market Harborough Medical Centre and Husbands Bosworth Medical Centre. Our combined registered patient list size is approaching 30,000. We have more than 15 GPs and 100 Practice staff. In addition to our two main premises in Market Harborough and Husbands Bosworth, we also have a branch surgery at the St Luke’s Treatment Centre in Market Harborough.
Our Primary Care Network is innovative – we have recruited Physician Associates, Clinical Pharmacist, Social Prescribers and a First Contact Physiotherapist.
We are a Wave 2 site for the delivery of the COVID vaccinations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels. The pharmacy technician will work within their scope of clinical practice and:
- Provide support and training to existing prescription teams to support and facilitate:
- Provide leadership and medicines management support to dispensers, completing DRUMs, assisting with enhanced services for dispensing practices and providing emergency cover, at short notice, if required
- Responding to prescription requests from patients, nursing/care home staff, pharmacy staff and GPs, processing them within 48 hours for routine prescriptions and same day for urgent prescriptions.
- Process monthly prescriptions for nursing/care homes, checking for changes and adherence/over-ordering issues.
- Use practice and CCG templates to record near patient monitoring for high risk drugs, including regular checks on Eclipse
- Identify blood tests, recalls and reviews using established protocols and forward these to the appropriate clinician.
- Support and respond to medicines related queries from medical and nursing colleagues and from patients and relatives both face to face, via phone or via email. Queries can include issues with interactions or ADRs, availability of stock, swallowing difficulties, cost-effectiveness, urgent requests or extra supplies.
- Review hospital discharge notifications and outpatient hospital letters and reconcile medication against current repeats, flagging up and correcting discrepancies.
- Promote safe use of medication, reporting of medicines related incidents and pro-actively preventing safeguarding incidents.
- Use knowledge of GP computer prescribing systems (our Practices use EMIS Web) to advise on solving problems related to prescribing/dispensing and other areas to develop the skills of practice and pharmacy staff.
- Support the review of care home procedures, making recommendations for potential improvements.
- Observe the principles of clinical governance when developing policies, protocols, guidelines, SOPs and procedures and dispensing profitability.
- Support practice prescribing budgets by on-going monitoring, audit and analysis of drug use and support practices in reviewing, developing and enhancing cost-effective prescribing. This includes staying aware of latest QIPP and other cost targets.
- Help review medication with the pharmacists and make recommendations for prescribing changes to improve outcome and ensure prescribing of the most cost-effective product.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (QCF) plus Level 3 QCF Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or GPhC accredited equivalent prior to July 2011
Desirable
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
- Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
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
Market Harborough and Bosworth Partnership
Address
67, Coventry Road
Market Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 9BX
Employer's website
www.mh-bp.co.uk
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£24,907 to £30,615 a year, dependent on experience
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
Job locations
Market Harborough Medical Centre
67 Coventry Road,
Market Harborough
LE16 9BX
St Luke’s Branch Surgery
St Luke’s Treatment Centre
33, Leicester Road
Market Harborough
LE16 7BN
Husbands Bosworth Medical Centre
1, Marsh Drive
Husbands Bosworth
Leicestershire
LE17 6PU
For help with your application, contact:
Diane Brown
Diane.Brown@gp-c82009.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01858 439107
