Technicians told not to participate in Agenda for Change yet
Pharmacy technicians are being advised not to participate in local evaluation of Agenda for Change at early implementer sites. The advice comes from the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK and UNISON.
The two organisations say that they have strong reservations about the
validity and appropriateness of the five draft job profiles for pharmacy
technicians that are currently out for consultation. In addition, there
are a number of profiles that have not been published for trainees and
higher level posts.
“[Our advice] is not to participate in local evaluations until
the national bench mark job profiles have been agreed and posted on the
Department
of Health website for use in early implementer sites,” they said. “Until
there is agreement, draft profiles should not be used by early implementer
sites since they will probably lead to numerous local appeals.” The
association and UNISON advise pharmacy technicians who are already participating
in job profiling to stop and wait for the national profiling process
to be completed. |
The
Pharmaceutical Journal