Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties

- Develop the pharmacy technician role with the support of the practice and PCN teams to achieve the activities below.

- Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed which include medicines reconcilation at transfer between care settings, supporting medication reviews and reviewing patient compliance.

- To communicate with patients via face to face or virtual conversations to ensure they get the best of their medications.

- Liaise with CCG medicines management teams and utilise local formulary guidance to help improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of practice prescribing.

- Working alongside clinical pharmacists to manage shared care protocols for high risk drugs.

- Ensure that drug alerts, e.g MHRA alerts, are acted upon where needed and more complex alerts are passed to clinical pharmacists for action where appropriate.

- Stream general prescription requests and work with the reception teams, so as to

allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.

- Assist patients with responses to medication queries.

- Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation and increased use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). To include training of reception and admin staff in prescription processes.

- Promote Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering as appropriate to patient and practice needs.

- Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reduce medication wastage, liaising with patients as needed.

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

- Help to organise and run various systems for the delivery of QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services.

- Review and develop policies in line with CQC compliance.

- Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.

- Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting, record updates and relate communication.

- Through the use of audit and action planning, help to tackle health inequalities.

- Enrol in CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway to support their own development and deliver a high class service.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with GPhC
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills with ability to adjust to suit the audience
• Strong understanding of data protection and confidentiality
• Self-motivated and pro-active, able to co-create the role

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

Shoreham & Southwick PCN

Address

The Manor Practice

Southwick

BN42 4TA

Employer's website

https://www.themanorpractice.co.uk/index.aspx?pr=H82029 (Opens in a new tab)