pharmacy technician Peterborough, England
Job description
LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest ‘true’ partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.
Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare
Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.
Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.
About the Practice/Department/Team
Lakeside Healthcare at Yaxley is a well-established surgery with a list size of over 18,000 which is growing. We achieve full QOF points, and have been awarded the RCGP Quality Practice Award twice. The practice adopted a Doctor First access system in 2012 for all GP and Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Care Practitioner appointments.
We strongly believe in learning and teaching to progress personal development. Further training and development is encouraged to help build your role according to your aspirations and the needs of the business.
Working within the South Peterborough PCN you will be part of a forward-thinking Primary Care Network comprising of four practices across South Peterborough. We recognise the value that these roles will bring to our practices and our patients, and we look forward to growing our PCN team. You will be joining an established, dynamic and varied team whose aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.
Job Introduction
We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our developing multidisciplinary team across South Peterborough Primary Care Network (PCN).
The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an existing programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.
This innovative role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to support and work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy Team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for its’ patients whilst working in line with evolving requirements of PCNs.
Please find below a link for further information on the Pharmacy Technician role
Meet our pharmacy technician - working alongside GPs to meet patients' healthcare needs - YouTube
What you will do (not exhaustive)
This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.
- Medicine reconciliation from clinic letters.
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and ensuring prescribing in practice is in line with ICB Formulary.
- Medication reviews.
- Support Clinical Pharmacists with general prescription requests and medication queries to allow them to review the more clinically complex requests.
- Participate in practice meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician within the Lakeside Pharmacy model and to promote issues relevant to prescribing e.g. antimicrobial stewardship and improving quality of prescribing.
- Undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice-based work e.g. continuing development through CPPE Pathway.
- Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation incentive schemes and audits relating to MHRA alerts, drug monitoring and other patient safety initiatives, including high risk drug monitoring for all patients.
- Develop relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.
Essential Criteria
- BTEC/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- Professional Registration with the GPhC
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community, hospital or Primary Care
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £24,000.00-£28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Do you have the right to work in the UK? (Yes/No) – If you answered Yes you must be able to provide sufficient evidence upon interview.
- 2. Do you require a Visa to work in the UK? (Yes/No) – If you answered Yes, please advise before your interview as we will be required to cost this as part of your application.
- Do you hold a BTEC/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences?
- Have you worked for Lakeside Healthcare before? If Yes, where did you work?
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 13/08/2023
