• Job Description

  Req#: A3623-25-0003?language=en&page=282&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The Pharmacy Technician will support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist to deliver the General Practice model of care. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost-effective prescribing in order to improve quality, efficiency and patient care. The post holder will support patients to maximise the benefits from their medication, at the same time minimising clinical risk. This will include switching medications in accordance with approved protocols, reducing medicines wastage and improving repeat prescribing processes (including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering).

  Main duties of the job

  Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • Carry out medicines switches in GP practices in line with practice and ICB agreed specific protocols reviewing patients records; amending records and informing patients
  • Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation
  • Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering
  • Report on key performance indicators for CPGP to demonstrate added value for patients and general practice in accordance with NICE guidance
  • Use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes
  • Work closely with GP practices and the ICB Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice lead
  • Support the Medicines Optimisation team in the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation strategy
  • To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines
  • To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits e.g. SystmOne.
  • To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice

  About us

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly, innovative, expanding and forward thinking teams. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our General Practice teams as we expand and develop our services.

  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, co-ordinated care across the district. 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.

  The successful candidate will work across and support practices within the Brunel Primary Care Network 6 working within Park Lane Practice, Phoenix Surgery

  Details

  Date posted

  12 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  A3623-25-0003

  Job locations

  7-9 Park Lane

  Swindon

  SN1 5HG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The pharmacy technician will support the role of the pharmacist to deliver the Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model of care, including supporting and assisting a cluster of GP practices. 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 practices, 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 throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the GP Federation in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The pharmacy technician will support the role of the pharmacist to deliver the Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model of care, including supporting and assisting a cluster of GP practices. 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 practices, 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 throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the GP Federation in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
  • Professional registration with GPhC

  Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
  • Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
  • Professional registration with GPhC

  Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
  • Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy

  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).

  Additional information

  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

  Park Lane Practice

  Address

  7-9 Park Lane

  Swindon

  SN1 5HG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.parklanepracticeswindon.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Park Lane Practice

  Address

  7-9 Park Lane

  Swindon

  SN1 5HG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.parklanepracticeswindon.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

Notice