PCN Pharmacy Technician - West of Waverley PCN

As we expand our well established PCN team we are looking for a pharmacy technician to join us and help the PCN support our community and improve the health and wellbeing of our patients.

We recognise the opportunity that additional health professional skills can offer within Primary Care and are seeking to expand our established pharmacy team to improve the quality and sustainability of the care we offer. Pharmacy is an important part of this plan to ensure all patients have access to medicines experts to help keep them safe and well, reducing the demands on general practice and hospitals., We are looking for a full-time pharmacy technician who will be responsible for Grayshott and Chiddingfold surgery within the West of Waverley PCN. The post holder will have clinical, technical, and administrative responsibilities whilst having supervision from an experienced clinical pharmacist.

The purpose of the role is to improve patient safety outcomes and promote good practice of repeat prescribing by developing and working to protocols and being actively involved within multidisciplinary teams including those from different health care providers.

The post holder will have to be a registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with the appropriate qualifications recognised by the GPhC. Additional training will be supplied via Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) unless already undertaking or qualified from an approved training pathway eg Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes.

West Waverley Primary Care Network comprises four like-minded practices in the beautiful countryside of South West Surrey covering a population of just under 50,000 patients including a non-affiliated single-handed practice. Our population has a higher socio-economic and age demographic than average.

Our practices are innovative and well organised and perform highly for patient quality in surveys and in Quality Clinical Markers. Our Primary Care Network meetings are attended by patient representatives from each practice.

Our Primary Care Network works with three other PCNs as part of the Guilford & Waverley Health and Care Alliance, supported by the Procare GP Federation. Procare is the employer for all our additional roles who are then seconded to work directly with our practices for the duration of their contract. The successful candidate will join our existing team which includes two senior clinical pharmacists, a pharmacy technician, a foundation trainee pharmacist and a care homes pharmacy team.