Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Pharmacy Technician to join our wonderful Medicines Management Team at Ascent PCN. We are a supportive, proactive PCN, with a proud history of developing our clinical team. We serve a population of around 35,000 patients across 3 sites, Asplands Medical Centre, Fishermead Medical Centre and Walnut Tree Health Centre. We offer an MDT approach to our care and offer a wide range of services to our patients including additional access to physiotherapy, minor surgery and joint injections, health coaching, occupational therapy, mental health practitioners and social prescribing. Ascent PCN is a group of three Milton Keynes GP surgeries: Asplands Medical Centre, Walnut Tree Health Centre and Fishermead Medical Centre, providing a unique mix across the spectrum of health needs and demographics. The close-knit Medicines Management Team have a member in place in each practice and are key to supporting the individual practices with their daily capacity and delivery of support to the populations they serve, but they also look to deliver the PCN agenda of proactive and preventative care. The new role of Pharmacy Technician will be key in supporting the team delivery of services across the 3 practices.

Main duties of the job

Average Week Job responsibilities

To work closely with the clinical pharmacy team, clinicians and reception teams to

Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues to ensure medication related queries are addressed in a timely manner

Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates

Coordinate patients and health care professionals medication related queries

Supportquality and safety of prescribing through audits and monitoring

Implement drug alerts e.g. MHRA and inhouse actions

Work with colleagues and patients to implement evidence based guidelines

Provide medicines information and training to Practice staff

Act as a source of medicines information for the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)

Support clinical teams with managing out of stock medication

Liaise with commissioners on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of care and cost effective prescribing

About us

The PCN has a pharmacist based at each surgery, who leads on the workflow for that site. The Pharmacy Technician will work to support those three pharmacists in delivering safe and smooth care for patients across the network, and this may be from site or remotely. The Technician will be a key support for the PCN as well as being well supported by the PCN MDT. Our Medicines Management Team work together closely, meeting up once a week to focus on their PCN agenda.