Pharmacy Technician apprentice at Hurley Group

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

To work with general practice staff, on the ground, to promote and embed the role of a GP medicines management technician and raise awareness of GP pharmacy services available to patients To undertake medication reconciliation, process medication-related workflow, medicines audits and complete simple medication reviews To improve the quality of systems and processes to improve medicines optimisation within the general practice setting To support implementation of medicines optimisation developments and prescribing initiatives as dictated by GP practice, CCG, and hospital Trust and service objectives Work with the Pharmacists to deliver patient services which improve patient outcomes, reflect the needs of the practice population and shift workload from other disciplines Contribute to the achievement of KPIs, QOF and other objectives of the programme Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards, implementing improvement initiatives where medicines are involved To promote and deliver pharmaceutical care in general practice and promote safe pharmaceutical management across the interface To liaise with other healthcare professionals to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues Contribute to patient safety culture through Significant Event Reporting Ensure that patients are referred to the most appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within in an appropriate period of time To educate other healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the division To demonstrate throughout, consistently meeting the required standard as set out in the PRTPT Professional Standards of GPhC Carry out other pharmaceutical duties that may be required by the Pharmacist or Lead GP

Training:

Level 3 Pharmacy Technician.

Training Outcome:

At the Hurley Group, we have a large team of Pharmacy staff, including Pharmacy Technicians, Clinical Pharmacists and Senior Clinical Pharmacists. Should a vacancy arise, there would be progression in the organisation supported by the Lead Clinical Pharmacist. The Hurley Group puts great emphasis on the growth and development of our staff and so progression, learning and training is always encouraged.

Employer Description:
The Hurley Group is an NHS Partnership providing health care services to patients through GP Practices, Urgent Care Centres, Practitioner Health, NHS Gambling Service and eConsult. The Hurley Group employees over 300 staff across 20 sites and has an organisation structure which allows growth and development. Each of our 10 GP Practices is led by a Practice Operations Manager and a Lead GP  and assigned Senior Clinical Pharmacis. The Apprentice Pharmacy technician would be part of the Clinical Pharmacists team, supported by the Practice Lead team and Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

Working Hours :
Mon-Sat, shifts TBC.

Skills:
Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills