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NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
About
NHS Kent and Medway is the NHS organisation that plans and buys healthcare services to meet the needs of our population.
There are 1.8million people living in Kent and Medway. We have an annual budget of £3.211 billion in 2021/22 to provide the best possible care for the whole county.
As a corner stone of an integrated care system, NHS Kent and Medway will:
- allow a more coherent commissioning strategy for Kent and Medway as a whole
- enable and oversee a consistent outcomes-based approach to commissioning across the system that targets population health improvement and maximises the potential for prevention
- provide oversight and insight across a larger area, helping us identify and share best practice, deliver consistency in commissioning approach and expected outcomes, as well as helping address inequity and inequality across Kent and Medway.
Medicines Optimisation Technician
Accepting applications until: 09-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 09-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Gail House
- Town
- Maidstone
- Postcode
- ME15 6NB
- Major / Minor Region
- Kent
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Medicines Optimisation
- Interview date
- 17/12/2024
Job overview
The West Kent Medicines Optimisation Team are recruiting a Medicines Optimisation Technician to join the team to support with the implementation of priorities around
In addition, you will support with training and development of practice administrators and Primary Care Network (PCN) teams to support safe, effective, and efficient processes
The successful candidate must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and will have good organisational skills, be self-motivated
The team supports 49 GP practices across West Kent and the role is busy and varied; successful candidates will be responsible for the organisation, planning, and implementation
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The main duties of the role include supporting practices with national and local prescribing priorities. This will include the implementation of cost-effective prescribing
Candidates will be supported to develop a good level of knowledge around primary care prescribing so that effective support can be provided, including responding to medicines
Candidates must have excellent communication and organisation skills as well as the ability to concurrently manage multiple initiatives in numerous practices whilst tracking
Candidates will work closely with a range of healthcare professionals and must be able to influence their prescribing habits.
Working for our organisation
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
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All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Professional registration as a Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Qualification
Essential criteria
- BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working within a primary care setting desirable
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within a primary care setting desirable
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Downs
- Job title
- Lead Medicines Optimisation Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
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