Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Reconcile the medications of patients whose care is transferred back to primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with patients and other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication on discharge

Proactively engage with patients whose care has been transferred to reduce potential readmission including identifying and rectifying unexplained variation

Work with pharmacy service team to develop safe, effective and efficient systems for the repeat prescribing of medication at scale across multiple GP sites

Work with pharmacy service team to develop and implement systems to ensure the effective and continuous supply of medication to high risk patients

Work with pharmacy service team to develop and implement systems to ensure safe and effective management of high risk medication

Work with pharmacy service team to develop and implement changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local or national guidance

Provide feedback and seek advice from pharmacist for patients where the post holder has clinical concerns around competence to safely manage their medications

Manage requests to prescribe medication from specialists in line with Berkshire West formulary and locally agreed guidelines

Update patient medication records in line with incoming clinical correspondence

Refer patients to their community pharmacist for support with using their medicines

To provide advice to GPs, staff and patients in changes to prescribing to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness.

To respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to the appropriate clinician in accordance with protocols and personal and professional boundaries.

Provide support to patients to maximise the benefit from their medication

Provide telephone support for patients with medication queries

Provide professional telephone and written advice and support to patients and their carers

To maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding

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

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

Beauchief Medical Practice

Address

23 Abbey Lane

Sheffield

S8 0BJ

Employer's website

https://beauchiefmedicalpractice.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)