About this role
Job summary
Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred, coordinated care across the borough.
The clinical pharmacy in general practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro- actively help patients stay safe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice.
Main duties of the job
The main objective of the role is to support the delivery of a safe and effective pharmacy service within the network and to reduce the workload burden on GPs and Pharmacists.
Pharmacy technicians play an important role in complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team.Pharmacy technicians will be working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines.Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories.
The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation for patients with long term conditions and polypharmacy throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments.
This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.
About us
Haringey GP Federation is a dynamic and growing organisation working in partnership with GP practices across the diverse borough of Haringey, north London.
Our role is to support and enable general practice by developing and delivering services that complement core GP work, creating opportunities for shared learning and innovation, and helping practices respond to the evolving needs of patients and the wider health system.
We work in close partnership with practices, clinicians and system partners to co-design services, pilot new approaches, and build capacity across primary care. Through clinical programmes, workforce development and operational support, our aim is to add value in ways that are practical, respectful and aligned with the priorities of our member practices. Were proud of the strong relationships we've built across the health and care system grounded in mutual respect, shared goals, and a commitment to delivering excellent care together.
Our work has been recognised nationally, including commendations at the HSJ Awards for our leadership and service delivery.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from disabled people and those with long-term health conditions. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you are applying for a role with us under the Disability Confident scheme, please let us know by email at [email protected]
Job description Job responsibilities
To develop and facilitate a good working relationship with community pharmacists and other local providers of healthcare.
To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions for members of the, practice team, community nurse team, patients, and carers.
To record personally generated information and maintain a database of information relating to the work done in the practice(s). (Personally generated information includes information and records relating to audit and clinical work undertaken by the post holder, reference notes relating to clinical/technical information.) The database includes maintaining up-to-date, detailed records of all work done in the practices for which the post holder is accountable
To maintain professional registration as a pharmacy technician and comply with appropriate professional codes.
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager.
Person Specification
Professional Registration Essential
Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
Skills and Knowledge Essential
Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice, primary care networks and the GP contract 2020-2021 Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the organisation(s) An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing. Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience of motivational interviewing and excellent patient medication counselling skills.
Qualifications Essential
BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
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 Haringey GP Federation
Address 48 Station Road
Wood Green
London
N22 7TY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.haringeygpfederation.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)