PCN Pharmacy Technician

We are recruiting for an experienced pharmacy technician looking to join a dynamic, forward thinking primary care network with an established team of clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

This role will be focused on working with practice and PCN teams to promote safe and effective prescribing and medicines management.

Full time or part time hours available. This role will involve liaising with Primary and Secondary Care services.

Our clinical pharmacy team is developing and we are looking for a motivated individual who is flexible to respond to the developing nature of the role and the needs and priorities of individuals requiring support.

You will work with our team of Clinical Pharmacists, GP Practices and care coordinators to support the safe, accurate and timely prescribing of medication to patients.

This will include monthly checks to ensure all blood monitoring up-to-date, liaison with GPs, hospital teams, PCN pharmacists and community pharmacy to ensure the safe, effective prescribing of medication.

Sowe Valley Primary Care Network is a well established collaboration between ten GP practices covering the East of Coventry with 84,000 registered patients.

The Primary Care Network has developed a rich multi-disciplinary team to support it's member practices, improve access and enhance the range of services available to patients including:

• Paramedics
• First contact physiotherapists
• Nurse associates
• Social prescribers
• GP assistants
• Podiatrist

We have close links with the Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub and local universities with a wide range of training and professional development courses available to develop our team.

We have a strong focus on staff wellbeing with a dedicated health and wellbeing lead and a range of staff support offers and discount schemes.

Key duties will include:

• Management of DMARD monitoring for patients
• Shared are medication
• DOACS monmtioring
• Liaising with Primary & Secondary Care
• Responding to Safety Alerts
• Medication reviews
• Audits, guidance and prescribing reports
• Respond to medication queries from patients and carers including consultations
• Provide medicines guidance and support to the primary care team and community staff

• Pharmacy technician registered with GPhC

• Experience of working with medicines reconciliation
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working with EMIS and Docman

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.