Job responsibilities
Job TitlePharmacy Technician
Reports ToClinical
Pharmacist (clinically)
Prescribing Lead
(administratively)
HoursPart
time - hours to suit
Pay Dependent on experience.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a proactive and detail-orientedPharmacy
Technicianto join our general practice team. Working closely with GPs,
pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals, the Pharmacy Technician will
play a key role in supporting safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines
across the practice. We would expect the Pharmacy Technician to use their knowledge in the following
areas:
assist patients with
complex medication queries and
provide advice to patients and staff under supervision
conduct audits to
increase patient safety and monitoring
conduct clinical
sessions working with patients to review or titrate their medication
work autonomously to
identify shortfalls in medication safety
undertake projects
using their skills to aid both the patients and the Practice
The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, excellent
attention to detail, and a patient-focused approach to care.Previous General Practice
experience is preferred but not essential.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The duties and
responsibilities may include any or all of the items in the following list.
Duties may be varied from time to time dependent on current and evolving
Practice workload and staffing levels:
Deal with drug alerts
and put structured plans in place to prepare alternatives when supply issues
occur and monitor Drug and Device alerts from the MHRA
Conduct audits on
prescribing within the practice as required
Reconcile medication
on hospital discharges
Process hospital
letters with medication requests/amendments
Audit patients with
high levels of medications and look at ways to improve polypharmacy
CQC searches and
actions
ESCAs
Assist with work ups
for SMRs, Medication reviews.
Add/amend medication
on patient records and ensuring processes are followed to allow relevant checks
to be made by clinicians
Help ensure that the
Prescription Enquiry Team and all clinicians are prescribing in the most cost
effective way and provide them with up to date information on most cost effective
products and ways to do this.
Assist in annual
prescribing/medication projects set out by NHS England and Sussex ICB including
Medicines Optimisation Incentive Scheme (MOIS) cost containment projects and LCS
work.
Up keep of patient
records to ensure prescriptions are written in line with MEP (Medicines, Ethics
and Practice) & GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) guidance.
Liaising with local
pharmacies, community nurse teams, local hospitals and local care homes.
Support with training
members of the Prescription Enquiry Team as required
Responding to the
needs and wants of the business to ensure excellent patient care
Conduct clinical
sessions with patients either over the phone or face-to-face such as lipid clinics,
hypertension reviews and DOAC annual reviews.
Confidentiality:
In the course of
seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive
information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in
confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy
and act appropriately
In the performance of
the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to
confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff
and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating
to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any
source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating
to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of
the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the
Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection
of personal and sensitive data.
Health &
Safety:
The post-holder will
assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and
security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to
include:
Using personal
security systems within the workplace according to Practice
guidelines
Identifying the risks
involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that
manages those risks
Making effective use
of training to update knowledge and skills
Using appropriate
infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and
free from hazards
Actively reporting
health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when
recognised
Reporting potential
risks identified
Demonstrate due regard
for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and
Diversity:
The post-holder will
support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues,
to include:
Acting in a way that
recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that
is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current
legislation
Respecting the
privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and
colleagues
Behaving in a manner
which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects
their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional
Development:
The post-holder will
participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of
this employment, such training to include:
Participation in an
annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for
maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional
development
Taking responsibility
for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and
activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Quality:
The post-holder will
strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
Alert other team
members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance
and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under
supervision
Contribute to the
effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making
suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with
individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own
time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder should
recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will
strive to:
Communicate
effectively with other team members
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples
needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the
Implementation of Services:
The post-holder
will:
Apply Practice
policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with other
members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own
work
Participate in audit
where appropriate
The duties listed above may change in the light
of developments in the practice and are subject to review