Prescribing Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.

Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple long term conditions (in particular COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP - Stop Over Medication Programme).

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients and help in tackling inequalities.

Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, while contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

Through structured medication reviews support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

Have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacists across networks and the wider health system.

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties) and anticoagulation.

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating

Adhere to quality governance systems, processes across the Practice and its activities; managing data collection to support data requirements/claims; ensuring information governance standards are implemented and maintained

Ensure health and safety requirements are met

Attend training courses identified as essential or beneficial to the role and take responsibility for identifying own learning needs

Ensure all significant events are reported and discussed as appropriate and facilitate a full understanding of clinical governance requirements within the practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• You will be a Qualified Pharmacy Technician with NVQ 3 or BTech in Pharmaceutical Science and registered with the GPhC.
• Applicants with the above qualifications who lack experience will be considered
• Computer literate with MS office processing skills
• Knowledge of changing NHS and Social Care responsibilities
• Awareness of diversity and equality and ability to deal with personal details in a confidential manner
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Previous experience of working in Social Care in medication management, but not essential

Desirable

• Pro-active and self-motivating
• Resilient
• Able to work with minimal direction
• Trustworthy and dependable
• Determination to ensure that policies and agreed actions are implemented
• Hard working, reliable and resourceful

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

Danetre Medical Practice

Address

London Road

Daventry

Northamptonshire

NN11 4DY

Employer's website

https://www.danetremedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)