Pharmacy Technician for Neighbourhoods

Pharmacy Technician for Neighbourhoods (Surrey/Sussex)
NHS AfC:
Band 5

Job overview

The ICB works in partnership with local health and care organisations, staff, patients, carers, families and the public, to support three million people across Surrey and Sussex to live healthier lives.
Together, we have an ambitious vision for improving health and care across Surrey and Sussex.
We are working to:
Improve health outcomes for everyone, with a focus on prevention of ill health and whole population health.
Tackle inequalities to reduce unfair gaps in access, experience, and outcomes.
Get better value from our services by enhancing productivity and value for money.

Support local communities to grow and thrive through social and economic development.

Working as an active member of the Medicines Optimisation Team to ensure the delivery of a legal, safe, high quality pharmaceutical service which reflects National and local policy and priorities
Provide enhanced medicines optimisation support to identified practices/PCN’s/Neighbourhoods e.g. when they are an outlier, have significant population health needs.
To support delivery of the Medicines Optimisation improvement plans through audits and focused projects.
Ensure clinical and cost-effective prescribing across neighbourhoods including promoting best practice and the use of clinical decision support tools such as Optimise Rx.
To support the Medicines Optimisation team with data analysis and project support to guide prioritisation of the medicines optimisation strategy and promote clinical and cost-effective prescribing in relation to population health outcomes.

We also work with NHS trusts and organisations which deliver healthcare services through developing Provider Collaboratives to improve healthcare pathways, so local people experience better care and outcomes.

To achieve this, we need a team of people who can think beyond organisational boundaries, strong collaborators, can navigate complexity, challenge constructively, and keep communities at the centre of decisions.

We want everyone to feel welcome at work and are passionate about creating an inclusive, compassionate workplace culture where every colleague feels seen, heard, and valued.

We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative working environment that delivers better experience and outcomes for our population.

We want our organisation to be a place where diversity is actively celebrated, where safe spaces exist for all identities, and where all voices help shape our direction. We place a high importance on the NHS values - they guide what we do every day, set out how we work, and how we treat each other.

For full details please see job description attached.

The job description is an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role, and the job specification is an outline of the skills, experience and qualities needed. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.

• BTEC / City & Guilds in Pharmaceutical Science / NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
• Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis
• Previously worked in similar position within the public sector
• Experiencing of managing aspects of clinical management ensuring they meet financial targets.
• Basic understanding of principles of clinical audit
• Knowledge of Medicines Optimisation, including relevant legislation and policies
• Understanding of medicines optimisation, at system and patient levels

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise

• Skills for…