Pharmacy Technician

Burwell Surgery is a well-regarded dispensingand training village practice. Situated within easy reach of Cambridge and theA14. Burwell has plenty of facilities to serve the local residents and has areal sense of community. The premises offer plenty of on-site parking forstaff.

We are looking to recruita Pharmacy Technician to work 22.5 to 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

To provide medicine management support to the GPs of Burwell Surgery, working alongside and reporting to the Clinical Pharmacist. Must be an excellent communicator and able to maintain good relationships with all practice and PCN staff.

We are a SystmOne practice and we use AskmyGP as our online access system.

About us

At Burwell Surgerywe pride ourselves in being a happy and friendly place to work, with plenty of support. A GMS practice with 9,600 patients. We are a member of Cambridge GP Federation,Cambridge and Peterborough ICB and South Ely PCN. We have a high QOF achievement and for many years, we have received excellent patient survey results, which we are very proud of.

We have an excellent Admin and Nursing Team and other team members include Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, First Contact Physiotherapist, Social prescriber and Health Coaches. We are a Research active practiceand as a Training practice we offer a range of training for both MedicalStudents and GP Registrars.

Job responsibilities

Keyduties and responsibilities:

- Directlywork with patients to ensure effective medicines use
- Discussand agree plans with patients through shared decision- making conversations
- Providelifestyle advice and onward referral
- Ensurenecessary blood tests and monitoring are carried out
- Actiondischarge summaries and communicate with patients when needed to supportmedication changes requested by secondary care
- Assistwith medication reviews
- Identifyand recommend patients for Support Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs)
- Medicineadministration. Eg. check patient inhaler technique, or need for dosette box / assistivemedication devices.
- Medicinemanagement of care home residents provide contact for care home residentsmedicine queries and link with our GPs, care home staff and pharmacies asneeded.
- Supportclinical aspects of Shared Care Protocols, liaise with specialist pharmacistsfor more complex patients
- Supportinitiatives to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
- Supportchanges and best practice guidance
- Supportpatient safety through audits, reviews of significant events and complaints
- Supportprescribing efficiencies. Work with the GP team to ensure efficient medicinesoptimisation
- Supportsuccessful delivery of performance targets and contract requirements byensuring patient follow up work is done, accurate coding in the patient record
- SupportQuality and Outcome Frameworks and other DES/ LES specifications, providingreports where required
- Alertother team members to concerns about risk, quality, and safety.
- Participatein meetings and educational sessions related to prescribing topics.
- Demonstratean awareness of own limitations and experience, and proactively seek support accordingly.Work under appropriate clinical supervision to ensure safe, effective andefficient use of medicines.

WORKINGRELATIONSHIPS

All BurwellSurgery staff, PCN and community teams, suppliers and patients.

OTHER

This jobdescription is neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the duties andresponsibilities may vary from time to time in the light of changingcircumstances and in consultation with the jobholder. Training can be providedwhere needed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- GCSE or equivalent in both Maths and English at Grade 4/C or above.
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Need to be responsible for own personal development, to ensure that continued registration requirements are met.

Experience

- Using IT systems to record, analyse and communicate information accurately.
- More than three years experience working within Primary Care.
- Use of electronic communication platforms (email, SystmOne, Microsoft Teams)

Knowledge and Skills

- Well-organised, diligent, and attentive to detail.
- Ability to build strong working relationships.
- Self-motivated and able to prioritise.
- Works well as part of a team.
- Resilient; ability to work under pressure.
- Enthusiasm to continue to learn and develop.
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.

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.

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