Job summary
The Pharmacy Technician will play an important role in complementing the Pharmacy Team and other members of the practice. Pharmacy Technicians work under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines. The responsibilities of a Pharmacy Technician cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories.

The successful postholder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisations throughout the practice team and promote good practice in line with therapeutic developments which will involve national requirements, NICE implementation, and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use
• Carry out medicines optimisation tasks
• Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation
• Support the PCN Clinical Pharmacist with PCN Workstreams
• Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients
• Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.

About us
The Practice operates from 2 sites in the North of Preston (Fulwood and Ingol) and we care for over 11,500 patients.

We have a strong clinical and administrative team in place and promote a positive working environment. We have 5 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GP's, 1 Advanced Care Practitioners, 4 Practice Nurses & 3 Health Care Assistants. We assist with the training of FY2, ST2 and ST3 doctors and we also host medical students from Manchester University.

The Practice is part of and works closely and collaboratively with the Greater Preston Primary Care Network.

Job responsibilities
The Job Description and person specification for the role of Pharmacy Technician are attached to this advertisement.

Qualifications
Essential

• Good standard of education with excellent literacy and numeracy
• Accredited Pharmacy Technician Course
• Professional Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of continued professional development
• CPPE preferable or working towards.

Desirable

• Experience of working in General Practice
• Experience of using EMIS Web

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Self-motivated
• Adaptable
• Sound communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Accurate and methodical
• People focussed

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable ability to influence and persuade
• Awareness of systems to support management of patients
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge
• An appreciation of the nature of Primary Care Prescribing
• Knowledge and understanding of Pharmacy Law

Desirable

• Advanced knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence based medicine
• An appreciation of NHS agenda and Government targets
• Awareness of General Practice funding streams

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.