Job Description

Bidford Health Centre, located near the semi - rural village of Bidford on Avon and within easy driving distance of Stratford-upon-Avon, Alcester and Evesham is a large, modern and purpose built health centre incorporating a dispensary.

We have a strong team of 4 Partners, 5 Salaried GPs, 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 3 Practice nurses, 2 health care assistants and multi-disciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical staff.

We seek a

qualified

Pharmacy Technician to join an excellent team of friendly, caring, experienced and capable nurses. The role will involve all aspects of general practice nursing and we are interested in growing our diabetes expertise.

We are an award winning teaching practice for a variety of roles and happy to support and develop an enthusiastic individual. Accessing the health centre is easy by car with plentiful parking and a bus service outside running between local towns.

Key responsibilities

a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with patients

b. Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. When required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively

c. Support, as determined by the organisation, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists

d. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities

e. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients

f. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

g. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits

h. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services

i. Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed

j. Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care

k. To always maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area

Qualifications

Proven experience as a qualified Pharmacy Technician

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 31,049.00-37,796.00 per year

Expected hours: 24 - 37.5 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JM006/PT