An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Primary Care Network Pharmacy Team. The post-holder will assist activities in each of the five member practices within the Rural Practice Primary Care Network to help patients to get the best from their medicines by supporting systems to improve the continuity of care, handling of prescription queries from patients and health care professionals and supporting medication management in care homes. They will also participate in medication audits, quality improvement projects and monitoring of high-risk drugs to ensure ongoing patient safety and high quality prescribing.
This post is funded by NHS England and will include a requirement to participate in the national CPPE training scheme for pharmacy technicians in general practice.
BTech. City and Guilds or Apothecary Hall, or
NVQ level 3 with BTech in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Practical experience of working as pharmacy technician in primary care, community or secondary care setting
Experience of providing pharmaceutical and prescribing advice
Practical experience of computerised systems
Experience of prescriptions processes and systems
Attention to detail
Good communication skills, written and oral
IT and Keyboard skills
Ability to follow procedures and work to deadlines
Ability to handle situations of potential conflict
Problem solving skills
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to work as part of a team
Excellent interpersonal skills
Influencing and negotiating skills
Ability to plan and organise
The Rural Practice Network serves a population of 33,000 patients in South Somerset. We have five member practices - Queen Camel Medical Centre, Wincanton Health Centre, Bruton Surgery, Milborne Port Surgery and Millbrook Surgery. This is a chance to join a growing organisation with lots of exciting projects to work on. We have two network Pharmacists who you will work in collaboration with to deliver positive otucomes for patients in relation to their medications.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To support the practice pharmacists, including:
DISCLAIMER
This job description does not purport to cover all aspects of the post holders duties but is intended to be indicative of the main areas of responsibility.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
The post-holder will:
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Millbrook Surgery
Millbrook Gardens
Castle Cary
Somerset
BA7 7EE
Job Type
full-time
Posted
1 day ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Primary Care Network Pharmacy Team. The post-holder will assist activities in each of the five member practices within the Rural Practice Primary Care Network to help patients to get the best from their medicines by supporting systems to improve the continuity of care, handling of prescription queries from patients and health care professionals and supporting medication management in care homes. They will also participate in medication audits, quality improvement projects and monitoring of high-risk drugs to ensure ongoing patient safety and high quality prescribing.
This post is funded by NHS England and will include a requirement to participate in the national CPPE training scheme for pharmacy technicians in general practice.
BTech. City and Guilds or Apothecary Hall, or
NVQ level 3 with BTech in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Practical experience of working as pharmacy technician in primary care, community or secondary care setting
Experience of providing pharmaceutical and prescribing advice
Practical experience of computerised systems
Experience of prescriptions processes and systems
Attention to detail
Good communication skills, written and oral
IT and Keyboard skills
Ability to follow procedures and work to deadlines
Ability to handle situations of potential conflict
Problem solving skills
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to work as part of a team
Excellent interpersonal skills
Influencing and negotiating skills
Ability to plan and organise
The Rural Practice Network serves a population of 33,000 patients in South Somerset. We have five member practices - Queen Camel Medical Centre, Wincanton Health Centre, Bruton Surgery, Milborne Port Surgery and Millbrook Surgery. This is a chance to join a growing organisation with lots of exciting projects to work on. We have two network Pharmacists who you will work in collaboration with to deliver positive otucomes for patients in relation to their medications.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To support the practice pharmacists, including:
DISCLAIMER
This job description does not purport to cover all aspects of the post holders duties but is intended to be indicative of the main areas of responsibility.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
The post-holder will:
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Millbrook Surgery
Millbrook Gardens
Castle Cary
Somerset
BA7 7EE