Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Determine accuracy of both hospital and GP prescriptions with regard to medication

Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines management and through assessment initiate further support/input from other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Make independent decisions regarding prescribing issues in accordance with CCG guidelines where there is a range of possible options which impact on the prescribing budget

Work with the partners to develop medicines guidelines and policies and deliver training and education on prescribing and therapeutics in general practice

Implement procedural and service changes relating to prescribing to GP practice staff to ensure best practice is adopted in accordance with local guidelines and legislation

Ensure the provision and distribution of information to the primary healthcare team including GPs, practice managers, practice and district nurses, local community pharmacists and their patients as necessary

To link into local clinical governance structures to report on risk management issues relating to the prescribing process

To establish and maintain an effective working relationship with practice staff and other healthcare professionals in order to influence prescribing behaviour according to local CCG policy

To support the surgery in the planning and delivery of medicines management services

To work within the full range of technical pharmacy and codes of practice and protocols in order to maximise pharmaceutical support.

Nursing home Prescriptions monitoring prescription requests

Appliance/wound care contractor request monitoring

Prescription queries from healthcare professionals / More complex queries from healthcare professionals

Daily queries/information requests from clinicians

Daily queries from all outside agencies including patients

Working with nursing homes- answering queries/checking compliance

Discharge summaries - change of medication, adding new medication before checked by the clinicians and inform necessary people eg. Patients, Nursing/care homes, Pharmacies and where needed blister pack patients

Patient advice

Liaising with pharmacies for best practice

Action any new guidelines from LMMG/CCG

Paperwork: Discharges / Outpatient scripts or letters & add on new meds and change / Doses

Weekly

Red/Amber drug request queries

Liaising with interface technicians at RPH contacting secretaries for further info where required to resolve any issues that may occur on patient discharges

Monitoring/action weekly prescribing tips under the guidance of their respective GPs

Amber/DMARD blood monitoring

Disseminating prescribing information to clinicians signposting to LMMG website guidelines

Managing 7 day prescriptions and monthly trays

Level 1 Medication Reviews if more than four meds

Compliance/med reviews

Prescribing info e.g. Prescribing Tips - cascading info to relevant people and Auditing information that has been cascaded/changed protocol to check compliance

Planned events to advertise and promote within surgery

Waste management

Nursing homes check queries have been actioned and check script box for uncollected scripts

Analyse prescription data to produce reports, audit practice prescribing procedures such as repeat prescribing and interpret audit information in order to advise practices on improving prescribing policies and procedures

Monthly

Brand to generic switches

Dose Optimisation

Prescribing monitoring as per guidelines e.g. Gluten free/infant formula etc

Run searches for high cost drugs as per growth report

Specials highlighting costly specials and finding alternatives after liaising with GP

PPA Prescription Pricing Authority, to be submitted each month

Monitoring patients over/under using medication after collation of list which is reviewed 3 monthly and highlighting this

DMARD blood monitoring

Managing repeat dispensing

PETTS meetings - prescribing tips/highlighting anything to improve

Refresher training with staff to ensure their best practice with current protocols

Meetings with partners on regular basis to discuss current work and suggest new ideas and whats working or not working

Auditing of prescription box check after weekly check of script clerk

Regular audits under instruction and supervision

Housekeeping sitters, alignment, dose instructions

Other (as and when required)

Practice training practice systems. (as and when)

Action any new guidelines running searches /relaying information to patients and HCPs (assist with this)

Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines management and through assessment initiate further support/input from other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Reviewing and updating protocols/putting new protocols in place as necessary

Action drug alerts and relaying information to the appropriate people

NHSBSA, Information Services Portal Monitoring practice prescribing also using to identify possible areas of improvement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Evidence of continued professional development
• DBS Closure
• GCSE or equilvalent at A*-C/9-4 including mathematics, English language, science and one other subject
• Level 3 Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) apprenticeship.

Desirable

• PCPEP
• MOCH

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Park Medical Practice

Address

Cottam Lane Surgery

Cottam Lane

Preston

Lancashire

PR2 1JR

Employer's website

https://parkmedicalpractice.com/ (Opens in a new tab)