Care Home Pharmacy Technician - Worcester City

Job description

Job responsibilities

It is a requirement of the role to be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician. We are seeking a pharmacy technician preferably with previous experience of working in community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy or primary care. The PCN Pharmacy Technician role is a new development within our PCN and we expect the successful candidate to contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive primary care medicines management system acting on current best practice/service change requests from our clinical commissioning group. The PCN Pharmacy Technician will be required to undertake activities predominantly at a practice level but will need to be flexible to work to the wider demands of the network. For example, the role will involve liaising with community pharmacy teams to highlight and manage problems identified by community pharmacies, such as medicines waste. An understanding of primary care operations and the use of Emis Web would be an advantage but is not essential.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician
• BTEC or NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy services or equivalent

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of prescribing and medicines management issues
• Good clinical pharmaceutical knowledge including terminology
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies to improve prescribing
• Understanding of prescribing and medicines management issues
• Relevant theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence-based medicine
• Awareness of systems to support the management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and supporting the context of pathways of care
• Awareness of GP budgets and funding systems
• Good clinical pharmaceutical knowledge including terminology
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies to improve prescribing
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
• Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data
• Good interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Good communication skills, verbal and written, with ability to adjust communication style and content to suit the audience
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to work in a busy environment and prioritise tasks effectively whilst also supporting others
• Ability to accept guidance and constructive criticism
• Works effectively independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrates attention to detail, able to work accurately, identify errors quickly and easily
• Demonstrates ability to self-motivate and use own initiative to achieve goals
• Adaptable and flexible
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Willing and able to travel throughout the ten practices within the PCN, as required therefore, require a UK driving license and access to a vehicle
• Good computer literacy
• Immunization status

Desirable

• Relevant theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence-based medicine
• Awareness of systems to support the management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and supporting the context of pathways of care
• Awareness of GP budgets and funding systems
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
• Able to analyze and interpret prescribing data
• Knowledge of GP systems e.g. EMIS Web
• Basic life support
• Safeguarding Training

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
• Experience working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in a community or hospital pharmacy
• 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 within primary care

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.