Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

To study for one day a week/equivalent to achieve the

Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician training programme in the two-year

duration and complete the required accredited course/recognised

qualification/apprenticeship

To complete rotations in Community Pharmacy for a period

of training delivered weekly or in a block (minimum of three months per year)

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

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

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

eg, stop smoking services under the supervision of Pharmacy Staff.

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.

To always maintain confidentiality.

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 CD 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 Use

Reviews (MURs), New Medicines Service (NMS) and Community Pharmacist

Consultation Service (CPCS), Pharmacy First.

To support the

Pharmacist to complete commissioned enhanced services eg, stop smoking

services and blood pressures under the supervision of Pharmacy Staff.

To liaise with General Practice regarding prescription

issues.

To work under the supervision of the Pharmacy professional

at all times and liaison with other Practice staff.

To follow all workplace Standard Operating Procedures at

all times

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, blood pressures, weight loss management,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 eg, 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 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 assist Pharmacy Technicians & General Practice

Pharmacists in the completion of audits as required.

(GPhC)-accredited course, GPhC-recognised qualification or a GPhC approved

apprenticeship pathway. This will support eligibility to register with the

General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.

To study using online resources one day each week (or

equivalent).

To commit to study at home where necessary.

To complete mandatory training and other statutory

training at all workplaces.

To complete local competency-based assessments where

necessary.

To ensure that you meet the minimum number of hours work

based experience, as stated by the General Pharmaceutical Council, to enable

you to register as a qualified Pharmacy Technician.

You will gain extensive understanding of pharmacy whilst

rotating between the GP practice and Community Pharmacy. You will be part of the

multidisciplinary team, working at The Thorpe Practice. The Practice has aregistered list size of 10650.You will be required to work across 2 sites (Owlthorpe and

Hackenthorpe). The Practices sites within Townships 1 Primary Care Network

(PCN) alongside Mosborough, Birley, Sothall and Crystal Peaks.

We need someone who is interested in developing a career in

pharmacy, to become professionally registered with the General Pharmaceutical

You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated, and hard working

and have good communication and interpersonal skills.

You will be required to complete the qualification for the

Apprentice Pharmacy Technician- BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principle and

Practice for Pharmacy Technicians. You will be registered with a training

provider who will provide online training.

Qualifications

Desirable: - NVQ In Pharmacy Service Skill Level 2

Experience

Desirable: - Previous experience in a dispensary in community or hospital or have experience of working in general practice.; - Customer service skills