About this role
Job summary
A position has arisen for a part time/full time Pharmacy Technician to complement our existing clinical team.
To support the Practice to deliver safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste, prescribing projects and audits. To work closely with the GP Prescribing Lead, Prescribing clerks, Practice and Community pharmacists to develop strong working relationships and high quality service to maximise patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
Liaising with local pharmacies and hospitals regarding prescribing queries, optimum therapy, to improve prescribing safety, quality, cost effectiveness
To support the prescribing clerks to oversee the preparation of repeat prescriptions, synchronisation of repeat medication, medication review and electronic repeat dispensing
Process and update patient medication from hospital discharge and clinic letters
To facilitate prescribing meetings relating to practice prescribing reports, audits, protocols, targets, budget, education sessions relating to prescribing topics
To action and process medication alerts, raising awareness within the practice
To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing.
To oversee patients on shared care drugs, ensuring recalls and protocols in place to ensure safety and appropriate use of medicines and their management
To support the Practice Based Pharmacist to provide medication reviews, patient information leaflets and cost effectiveness of prescribing.
To ensure maintenance of accurate patient records and ensure all relevant information is documented in the patients medical records in a timely manner
To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing
About us
We are a well established forward thinking GMS practice comprising 5 GP partners, 3 Emergency Care Practitioners, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 Registered Nurse Associate and 1 HCA supported by an excellent reception/admin team.
Zetland Medical Practice is a training practice and we currently train GP registrars and medical students.
We are a SystmOne practice and a member of Redcar Coastal PCN
This posting may close early if a suitable candidate applies
Job description Job responsibilities
To support the Practice to deliver safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste, prescribing projects and audits. To work closely with the GP Prescribing Lead, Prescribing clerks, Practice and Community pharmacists to develop strong working relationships and high quality service to maximise patient outcomes.
Responsibilities
Liaising with local pharmacies and hospitals regarding prescribing queries, optimum therapy, to improve prescribing safety, quality, cost effectiveness
To support the prescribing clerks to oversee the preparation of repeat prescriptions, synchronisation of repeat medication, medication review and electronic repeat dispensing
Process and update patient medication from hospital discharge and clinic letters
To facilitate prescribing meetings relating to practice prescribing reports, audits, protocols, targets, budget, education sessions relating to prescribing topics.
To action and process medication alerts, raising awareness within the practice
To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing.
To oversee patients on shared care drugs, ensuring recalls and protocols in place to ensure safety and appropriate use of medicines and their management
To support the Practice Based Pharmacist to provide medication reviews, patient information leaflets and cost effectiveness of prescribing.
Other Duties
To keep professionally up to date to meet the General Pharmaceutical Council standards for continuing professional development and registration.
To ensure that all information is recorded accurately using computer systems
To ensure maintenance of accurate patient records and ensure all relevant information is documented in the patients medical records in a timely manner.
Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team members and associated healthcare professionals
To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing.
Key Relationships
To provide supervision, training and professional leadership to the practice administrative staff
The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and communicate with all practice staff, secondary care, community pharmacists and professionals
Communication
The post holder should recognise the importance of effective communication with team members, patients and carers
To recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Confidentiality
In the performance of the duties outlined in the job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Patients entrust the practice to maintain their information remains confidential and respect their privacy and act appropriately.
Health and Safety The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health and Safety Policy, the practice infection Control Policy and published procedures. This includes:-
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice 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 keeping them free from hazards
Actively reporting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role
Undertaking periodic infection control training
Reporting potential risk identified
Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Responsible for correct hand hygiene of self and others
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills and processes
Equality and 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 peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice 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
Personal/Professional development
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time workload and resources
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
The post holder will
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
Participate in audit where appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician Medicines reconciliation Certificate or equivalent Experience of prescribing/clinical systems such as SystmOne, EMIS Web
Experience Essential
Recent previous experience working as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable
Recent previous experience within comparable role in General Practice
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 ZETLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE
Address Windy Hill Lane
Marske-by-the-sea
Redcar
Cleveland
TS11 7BL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.zetlandmedicalpractice.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)