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Job Description
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- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Educated to GCSE level
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Skills
- Highly specialised clinical technical services and advice concerning care, including reviewing prescriptions, providing specialised advice on doses, possible side effects of drugs, undertakes risk management and ensures compliance with medicines legislation
- General practice experience
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Educated to GCSE level
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Skills
- Highly specialised clinical technical services and advice concerning care, including reviewing prescriptions, providing specialised advice on doses, possible side effects of drugs, undertakes risk management and ensures compliance with medicines legislation
- General practice experience
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Pharmacy Technician in Lincolnshire to support GP practices within the PCN. This position is flexible in considering part or full time working and will be based between Woodhall Spa New Surgery and New Coningsby Surgery. We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Pharmacy Technician with a minimum of 2 years experience to join our existing PCN pharmacists team. The successful pharmacy technician candidate will play an important role in complementing our clinical pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice(s) that make up the PCN.
The post holder will perform face to face medication review of patients, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holder will provide support on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
About us
East Lindsey Primary Care Network (PCN) consists of 8 GP surgeries across Lincolnshire and the surrounding villages.
We pride ourselves on being an active PCN within our local system working with local system partners.
We can offer you a generous NHS Pension and 25 days holiday and 8 Bank Holidays and training opportunities as well as the opportunity to influence and develop this new role and team.
We are very team focused and looking for the right person to join us.
This is an exciting new role within the PCN and will support the practice based Clinical Pharmacists and the wider PCN work programme including Enhanced Health in Care Homes.
Details
Date posted
10 June 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
A4457-25-0001
Job locations
The New Coningsby Surgery
20 Silver Street
Coningsby
Lincoln
LN4 4SG
Woodhall Spa New Surgery
The Broadway
Woodhall Spa
Lincolnshire
LN10 6SQ
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
They will embed into a team of GP's, pharmacists, technicians, practice nurses, occupational therapists, social prescribers and physiotherapists.
They will work with supportive colleagues in the network pharmacist team to promote high-quality prescribing and optimise the management of long-term conditions.
Main duties of the job
This is an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
The post holder will:
The post holder will support the PCN clinical pharmacists with the Network DES programme.
Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicines-related queries
Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to local and national prescribing policies
Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audit
The post will also work with patients and their carers to get the best from their medicines, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice(s) that make up the PCN.
The post holder will perform face to face medication review of patients, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holder will provide support on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
Job responsibilities
They will embed into a team of GP's, pharmacists, technicians, practice nurses, occupational therapists, social prescribers and physiotherapists.
They will work with supportive colleagues in the network pharmacist team to promote high-quality prescribing and optimise the management of long-term conditions.
Main duties of the job
This is an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.
The post holder will:
The post holder will support the PCN clinical pharmacists with the Network DES programme.
Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicines-related queries
Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to local and national prescribing policies
Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audit
The post will also work with patients and their carers to get the best from their medicines, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice(s) that make up the PCN.
The post holder will perform face to face medication review of patients, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holder will provide support on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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
East Lindsey Primary Care Network
Address
The New Coningsby Surgery
20 Silver Street
Coningsby
Lincoln
LN4 4SG
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
East Lindsey Primary Care Network
Address
The New Coningsby Surgery
20 Silver Street
Coningsby
Lincoln
LN4 4SG
Employer's website
About the company
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