PCN Pharmacy Technician Fully Remote working Remote
Job description
The Medical People Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of a major pharmaceutical client, operating remotely.
Job Description
Job Title: PCN Pharmacy Technician
Place of work: Remote
Job Role & Purpose
Pharmacy technicians play an increasingly important role in complementing clinical pharmacists, and multi-disciplinary teams in Primary Care Networks (PCN). The role of the technician will cover clinical, technical and administrative duties. The primary purpose of this role is to ensure that systems, structures, and processes are in place to deliver the smooth and efficient day to day running of pharmacy services across the sites of the PCN.
This involves leading systems to contribute to safe and cost effective, best practice.
The successful candidate will be directly responsible for supporting clinical pharmacists and their teams, along with admin and prescribing teams to ensure we deliver excellent quality clinical and non-clinical services and to deliver optimal care for patients and service users.
Main Duties:
Support the role of PCN Clinical Pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services.
Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing under the supervision of the Clinical Pharmacist/s Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs)
Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries
Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to the PCN’s, included but not limited to any other local and national prescribing policies and guidelines
Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audits
Support the Clinical Pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (e.g. organise necessary monitoring tests before SMR
Undertake patient-supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making
Support medicine reconciliation of patients whose care is transferred back into
primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with clinical and non-clinical staff along with patients and other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication post discharge
Complete discharge letters for all members practices when required
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care.
Assist Clinical Pharmacists with any searches, data collection, medicine safety tasks.
Increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and the use of the Electronic Prescription Service.
Support the PCN to deliver on QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance.
Work collaboratively within the whole PCN team.
Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health ecosystem
Complete all required training before going live as advised by the PCN
Maintain GPHC registration and complete all required CPD and any other mandatory requirements to maintain GPHC registration
Attend and complete all required training on the required days to meet PCN requirements
Participate in practice and meetings which consist of but not limited to weekly internal meetings, supervisor meetings, training meetings, clinical governance meetings
Partake in the development of SOP’s and protocols as advised by the PCN
Work with and train PCN personnel along with admin and prescribing teams for each member practice when required
Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups and other local meetings to improve engagement with the role of pharmacy technician
Complete all reports, tasks or any other work needed to deliver an excellent pharmacy service as identified by the PCN
Work within own scope of competence at all times
Person Specification – Essential requirements:
Registration with the GPhC
BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical science/pharmacy services Evidence of continued professional development
Experience of working within a community or hospital setting
Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own
workload to meet strict deadlines
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to adjust
communication style and content to suit the audience
Able to effectively manage allocated resources
Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
An appreciation of NHS agenda and government targets
Honesty, integrity and evidence of improving patient outcomes.
Evidence of being able to work well in a team
Can prioritise work and tasks when needed to suit business, PCN and patient needs Know when to ask for help from the board and senior clinical pharmacists in relation to tasks/ work assigned
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. Post-holders must adhere to the following principles:
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holdermay have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with PCN policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the health & safety policy, the health & safety manual, and infection control policy and published procedures. This winclude:
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to PCN guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks;
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills;
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards;
Active reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised;
Keeping own work areas generally clean and overseeing staff in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of their role
Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually); Reporting potential risks identified
Equality & Diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpretithem in a way that is consistent with PCN procedures and policies, and current legislation;
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues;
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Job Description Reviews
This job description is intended to provide an outline some of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post holder commensurate with their position. This description will be open to regular meetings and may be amended in the light of developing or changing services, or as part of an individual performance. All members of staff should be prepared totake on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order to maintain the efficient running of services provided by the PCN.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: From £15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
- Tips
Experience:
- Primary care: 1 year (required)
Work Location: Remote
