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Job Title: Primary Care

Network Pharmacy Technician

Responsible to: GP Practice Leads, Clinical Pharmacist,

Greenwich Health Federation

Location: Woolwich (Head Office)/Woolwich,

Thamesmead, Plumstead (Practice Sites), South East London

Hours of work:

40 hours

Key Relationships:

The GP Federation, The PCN, Local practices, Providers

Greenwich Health

Greenwich Health is committed to providing quality

of care to our patients whilst building resilience for General Practice and

delivering services and programmes of work to deliver care at scale to the

Greenwich Population.

Job Summary

The post holder will be employed by Greenwich Health

the GP Federation in Greenwich. Greenwich has 6 primary care networks (PCNs)

with list sizes of between 30-80,000 patients. The Post holder will work for

one of these PCN, a grouping of 6 practices. Unusually the post holder will be

working across two member practices with a combined list of 10,000.

The post holder will work as part of a

multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role.

The post holder will work under the supervision of

the Clinical Pharmacist and as an integrated part of the primary care team to

ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to

patients. The role will contribute to successful clinical management of

patients and build capacity and capability in the workforce at the right

levels.

Individual Responsibilities

The post holder is expected to:

Adhere to organisation policies and procedures and

relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies.

Maintain satisfactory personal performances and

professional standards and to achieve agreed objectives for their role.

Attend mandatory training as identified by the

organisation.

Participate in a Performance Appraisal Scheme and to

contribute to their own development and the development of any staff they are

responsible for appraising.

Responsible to have professional indemnity suitable

for the range of work undertaking.

Responsible to have authorisation for making changes

to prescribing records within the practice. This may be by written agreement or

GP signature for specific audits.

Working Relationships:

Patients and carers where appropriate

GPs, nurses and other practice staff including

practice pharmacists

GP prescribing leads

CCG pharmacists and medicines management team

Secondary Care and interface Pharmacists

Community Nurses and other allied health

professionals

Community Pharmacists and support staff

The post holder is expected to work as a flexible

member of the PCN providing support to other team members when necessary and to

take an active role in the development and embedding of the PCNs culture,

values and reputation as providers of high quality services.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and

maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the

practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace

according to practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities

and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

Making effective use of training to update knowledge

and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining

work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards Reporting potential

risks identified

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity

and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognises the importance of

peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice

procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs

of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of

the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feeling

priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training

programme implemented by the PCN as part of this employment, such training to

include:

Participation in an annual individual performance

review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own

personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning

and performance and demonstrating skill and activities to others who are

undertaking similar work

Training may need to be undertaken outside of normal

practice hours, and off site.

Quality and Governance:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality

within the PCN, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and

risk

Assess own performance and take accountability for

own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust

us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their

health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect

that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this

Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information

relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare

workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a

business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded

as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues,

other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged

to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures

relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide technical and administrative support to the Clinical

Pharmacists and Clinicians.

Support the primary care teams with queries around

medication from patients; including face to face and telephone support to

patients, primary and community staff.

Demonstrate the drive, enthusiasm and flexibility to respond

to the developing needs of the role and the needs and priorities of individuals

requiring support.

Under the direction of the clinical pharmacist, work

independently and manage own workload.

Use excellent communication skills to liaise with patients,

primary care staff, community pharmacists and other partners.

Duties and Responsibilities:

General:

Work with the PCN Clinical Pharmacist in accordance with

agreed prescribing standard operating procedures.

Support specific work on prescribing initiatives under the

supervision of the Clinical Pharmacist.

Promote cost effective, safe, evidence-based prescribing in

accordance with local formulary, medication optimisation strategy and national

guidance.

Awareness of, and compliance with, all relevant

local/clinical policies and guidelines.

Participate in and be responsible for monitoring progress

against key performance targets.

Contribute to the development of the role.

Direct patient services:

Process repeat medication requests, including the conversion

of acute requests to repeat medicines, changing quantities of medicines,

syncing patient medications, e- RD, arranging compliance aids etc.

Issuing prescriptions in line with agreed clinical protocols

and within your competency and directing queries to appropriate clinician.

Dealing with medication queries from patients as well as

queries from clinicians in line with agreed protocols.

Provide medication review services to patients via clinics

in practices, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes and to

deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and

improve the quality of patient care.

Update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the

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