NhsJobs Harrogate

Job Purpose

Under the support and guidance of Pharmacy and Practice staff, and

through a structured rotational training program with Community Pharmacy and

General Practice the post holder will:

develop the knowledge, skills and competencies

to achieve a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - accredited course or

approved qualification within the Pharmacy

Technician apprenticeship pathway,

to support registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

complete the required competencies in the

workplace to achieve the PTPT apprenticeship

and will complete the learning organised by the training provider using

agreed weekly study day/session(s) and study in personal time.

ensure knowledge,

attitudes and behaviour follow the General Pharmaceutical Councils Standards

for Pharmacy Professionals during the two-year training programme in order that

they can seek a declaration of competence from supervising pharmacy

professional in all sectors, as required for registration.

Key responsibilities

To study for one day a week or equivalent to

achieve the Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician training programme over

a two-year duration and complete the PTPT apprenticeship.

To complete rotations in Community Pharmacy for

a period of training delivered weekly under the supervision of Pharmacy staff, including

dispensing, checking, and issuing medicines, counselling patients on how to use

their medicines, stock management, reconciliation of medicines, Over the

Counter (OTC) sales for minor ailments, medicines review, and enhanced services

e.g., stop smoking services.

To complete rotations in General Practice for a

period of training as defined in the training plan; delivered weekly or in a

block responding to a prescription requests, reviewing hospital discharge/clinical

letters and reconciling medication against current medications highlighting

discrepancies under the supervision of the Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician,

completing audits under the supervision of a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician.

To gain knowledge of diseases, basic treatments

and the actions and uses of drugs.

To answer basic pharmaceutical queries under

supervision.

To learn about and contribute to the objectives

for safe patient care in all workplaces.

To support team values to ensure the maintenance

of the highest professional standards.

General Practice Responsibilities

To always work under the supervision of the

Pharmacy professional and liaison with other Practice staff.

To always follow all workplace Standard

Operating Procedures.

To learn about Medicines Optimisation and how

Pharmacy Technicians contribute to General Practice. This will involve working

in General Practice in a patient facing role and with telephone contact.

To use the surgery computer system to record

information & consultations, run searches and send tasks to other

healthcare professionals.

To respond to prescription requests from

community patients, nursing/care home staff, pharmacy staff and GPs, processing

them with 48 hours for routine prescriptions and same day for urgent

prescriptions. This can include re-routing prescriptions to out of hours

pharmacies for same day delivery.

To learn about and be involved with the use of

practice templates to record patient monitoring for high-risk drugs.

To learn about and be involved in monitoring

blood tests, recalls and reviews using established protocols and involvement of

the appropriate clinician.

To review hospital discharge notifications /

clinical letters and reconcile medication against current medications,

highlighting discrepancies to the pharmacist/ designated GP under

supervision.

To help support practice prescribing budgets

by on-going monitoring, audit and analysis of drug use and support practices in

reviewing, developing and enhancing cost-effective prescribing. This includes

staying aware of latest prescribing improvement targets.

To assist pharmacists / clinical staff help

with annual medication reviews e.g., Asthma assisting with information to

ensure prescribing of most cost-effective formulary product and observing

patients have good inhaler technique under supervision.

Conduct regular audits on medicines storage

ensuring local and national guidelines are adhered to and issues are reported

to the appropriate manager.

To ensure medicines in the surgery are checked

and out of date stock is identified and disposed of in an appropriate and

timely manner and disposed of according to SOPs.

To utilise resources to promote the reduction

of medicines waste.

To conduct face to face & telephone

interventions (as outlined by the pharmacist) with patients and ensure

consultations are recorded and reported to the pharmacist or designated GP.

To complete prescribing audits to monitor and

analyse individual practice / primary care network prescribing performance and

trends against local and national targets, presenting information and data and

identifying priority areas for action.

To support prescribing clerks by helping with

queries relating to prescription requests.

To look for ways to improve efficiency and

safety of the prescription ordering process, ensuring queries are resolved and

scripts issued in line with timeframe in the practice procedure working with

the practice pharmacist.

To participate in practice clinical meetings,

patient participation groups and other meetings to improve engagement of the

role of the Pharmacy Technician within the GP model and to promote issues

relevant to prescribing and medicines optimisation.

To support the pharmacist in implementing drug

withdrawals and alerts e.g., MHRA alerts and medicine shortages.

To inspire the patient population with

seasonal health information campaigns, creating displays throughout the year

e.g., Stop Smoking, Antibiotic Awareness, annual Flu campaign.

To promote digital solutions including Patient

Access, NHS App, Electronic Repeat Dispensing to patients and practice staff as

required by Practice Manager.

To liaise with the Medicines in Care Home

pharmacist to shadow their role and understand the role of pharmacists /

pharmacy technicians including medication reconciliation and providing support

and advice to Care Homes.

Community Pharmacy Responsibilities

To work under the supervision of the

Supervising Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician at all times.

To follow all workplace Standard Operating

Procedures at all times.

To learn about Medicines Optimisation and how

Pharmacy Technicians contribute to Community Pharmacy services. This will

involve a patient-facing role.

To assist the Pharmacist in retrieving

electronic prescriptions (EPS) as per SOPs.

To receive prescriptions and ensure they are

legal and valid and advise patients on completing the declaration.

To use the Pharmacy computer system to record

Patient Medication Records and create labels.

To dispense prescriptions including FP10s &

Private Prescriptions and monitored dosage systems (MDS) and confirm accuracy

as per community / dispensing pharmacy SOPs.

To issue prescriptions and counsel patients on

how to use their medicines.

To dispose of returned and unwanted medication

as per SOPs.

To record controlled drugs in the controlled

drugs register and conduct controlled drug balance checks as per SOPs.

To order, receive, store, and maintain stock as

per SOPs.

To support the community pharmacist with

medicines reconciliation in accordance with protocols, highlighting

discrepancies to ensure patients medication records are up to date and

liaising with general practice to ensure the correct medicines are continued

following transfer of care.

To complete OTC sales and recommendations for

common minor ailments under the supervision of a Pharmacist / trained Pharmacy

staff.

To support the Pharmacist to complete Medication

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What is the salary for this pharmacy technician role in Harrogate?

The advertised salary for this pharmacy technician role at The Spa Surgery is £19553.00 to £24785.00 p.a.. Typical pharmacy technician pay in Harrogate varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

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