Bute House Medical Centre Pharmacy Technician

Bute House Medical Centre

The closing date is 31 March 2025

Job summary

Bute House Medical Centre is a forward thinking and well-respected teaching and training practice in the heart of Luton, Bedfordshire, and cares for a diverse population of 10700 patients.

We are pro-active practices in Luton, have an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic and innovative pharmacy technician to join our Pharmacy team.You will benefit from regular tutorials and clinical supervision, the opportunity to be actively involved in how your role evolves over time and the opportunity to work within a highly motivated, dedicated multi-disciplinary team.Working to deliver services which improve the health and wellbeing of our population and improve job satisfaction for our staff.

We aim to support delivery of high quality, cost effective holistic care to the population we serve, through the sharing of best practice, and by ensuring an equitable approach to enable effective team working.Our partners have strong links with the local VTS, the ICB including representation on the local Prescribing Committee, and with secondary care.

Our team currently consists of 5 GP Partners, 2 Salaried GPs, 2 nurses, HCA, TNA ,2 pharmacist, Practice Manager, Deputy Practice Manager, Operational Lead, 5 admin and receptionist team, 2 medical secretaries, a mental health link worker, a social prescribing navigator,a supportive admin and management team.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve working independently and within a highly motivated additional roles team to support further development of our prescribing systems and pathways. Working to ensure safe, effective and efficient prescribing within practice.

About us

At Bute House Medical Centre, we are committed to providing the highest standard of care, guided by a set of core values that define who we are and how we serve our patients and community. These values shape our everyday interactions and ensure that we maintain a professional, compassionate, and inclusive environment.

Luton is a large town, borough and unitary authority area of Bedfordshire 25mins from central London. Luton is home to Championship team Luton Town Football Club (Hatters FC), London Luton Airport and The University of Bedfordshire.

Date posted

19 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A0121-25-0000

Job locations

Bute House Medical Centre

Grove Road

Luton

LU11RW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

Bute House Medical Centre Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists and community pharmacists.

The purpose of the Pharmacy Technician Role is to lead improvements which maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will support patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing and drug monitoring processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting practice in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiative.

Key Responsibilities

This is a guide and duties may vary depending on practice priorities.

Clinical

Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients.

Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation.

Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.

Monitor high-risk medicines according to local systems and processes

Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies

Support delivery of Structure Medication Reviews

Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities. Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists and other MDT members for more complex patients. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.

Technical and administrative

Implement policies and effective processes for medicines governance including controlled drugs and repeat prescribing and drug monitoring.

Ensure all information, including allergy, is recorded accurately and contemporaneously

Identify missing information, discrepancies and errors on repeat prescription requests and resolve according to local policy and procedures.

Support the team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.

Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.

Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).

Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering

Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multidisciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.

Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.

Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practice, care homes and other primary care settings.

Support the practice to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services Support the practice in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements.

Complete audits and reviews as requested