Western Road Surgery is looking for a Pharmacy Technician tojoin the Practices clinical team. As part of the team, you will be helping thepharmacists on medication audits, medication switches and being the focal pointfor medication queries from the administrative team. Western Road Surgery workson the Medication Optimisation Local Enhanced Service (MOLES) throughout theyear, which includes the roles above. You will be helping the Practice achieveits targets in ASTRU-PU reduction in line with ICB recommendations, as well asother medicines audits. Western Road Surgery is a research practice, whichinvolves running audits and completing improvement cycles for evidenced basedpractices. The Practice is made up of 6 partners, a nursing team, a largeadministrative team, a GP assistant and a Clinical Pharmacist. As a surgery, weare looking to build on the pharmacy team by adding another Clinical Pharmacistalongside a Pharmacy Technician.
Main duties of the job
Main Responsibilities
Reviewing and recording patient information withtheir prescription in compliance with the guidelines of the GeneralPharmaceutical Council
Undertake patient facing and patient supportingroles, by educating patients on the correct way to take their medicines
Supporting the pharmacist in the dailyoperations of the Practice
Answering incoming tasks and phone calls forpatient and staff queries, streamlining general prescription requests
Carry out Medication Optimisation in line withICB guidelines. For example antibiotic audits, quality improvement projects ,contributing to the Quality & Outcomes Framework and other EnhancedServices
Supporting medication reviews and medicationreconciliation for new care home residents
Liaise with the ICB for clinical aspects ofShared Care Protocols
Supporting the practice implementation ofnational prescribing policies and guidance
Assist with medication safety monitoringsystems, for medications such as DMARDs
Support the Clinical Pharmacists in StructuredMedication Reviews
About us
Western Road Surgery makes up part of Billericay PCN. We are a forward thinking, driven, proactive surgery looking to increase our clinical workforce. We cover 13,000 patients, and are a very supportive practice with 6 partners on hand to help with any clinical advice. The Practice is now looking to build on their existing pharmacy team to work on Research, Audit and Medication Optimisation.
Job responsibilities
Job Overview
Western Road Surgery is looking for a Pharmacy Technician tojoin the Practices clinical team. As part of the team, you will be helping thepharmacists on medication audits, medication switches and being the focal pointfor medication queries from the administrative team. Western Road Surgery workson the Medication Optimisation Local Enhanced Service (MOLES) throughout theyear, which includes the roles above. You will be helping the Practice achieveits targets in ASTRU-PU reduction in line with ICB recommendations, as well asother medicines audits. Western Road Surgery is a research practice, whichinvolves running audits and completing improvement cycles for evidenced basedpractices. The Practice is made up of 6 partners, a nursing team, a largeadministrative team, a GP assistant and a Clinical Pharmacist. As a surgery, weare looking to build on the pharmacy team by adding another Clinical Pharmacistalongside a Pharmacy Technician.
Main Responsibilities
Reviewing and recording patient information withtheir prescription in compliance with the guidelines of the GeneralPharmaceutical Council
Undertake patient facing and patient supportingroles, by educating patients on the correct way to take their medicines
Supporting the pharmacist in the dailyoperations of the Practice
Answering incoming tasks and phone calls forpatient and staff queries, streamlining general prescription requests
Carry out Medication Optimisation in line withICB guidelines. For example antibiotic audits, quality improvement projects ,contributing to the Quality & Outcomes Framework and other EnhancedServices
Supporting medication reviews and medicationreconciliation for new care home residents
Liaise with the ICB for clinical aspects ofShared Care Protocols
Supporting the practice implementation ofnational prescribing policies and guidance
Assist with medication safety monitoringsystems, for medications such as DMARDs
Support the Clinical Pharmacists in StructuredMedication Reviews
Other Responsibilities
Keep up to date with Mandatory Traning, as setout by the Practices policies and procedures
Be responsible for your own InformationGovernance and Data Protection, in line with the Practices policies andprocedures
Adhere to the Practices policies for Health andSafety, Safeguarding and Infection Control
Why should you apply?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our progressiveclinical team as a Pharmacy Technician. As a research practice, projects comeup frequently to work on autonomously and as part of a team, which will behighly rewarding, enjoyable and a responsible role. You also have:
The chance to join a well-established, growing,forward thinking GP Surgery
The opportunity to manage projects, showcaseyour knowledge and experience and further develop these and thrive in yourcareer
Flexible working options that fit aroundpersonal life
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered with the GPhC
- Meets the specific requirements as laid out by the GPhC to register as a pharmacy technician
- Enrolled in, or qualified from the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP)
Experience
- Experience working in a Primary Care Network or a GP Surgery
- Experience working with SystmOne
- Experience in Audit and Quality Improvement
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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr…