Pharmacy Technician
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Job summary
An enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician in sought for this friendly, innovative and well organised practice. This is an excellent opportunity for a forward-thinking, hard-working and flexible Pharmacy Technician who shares our ethos and commitment to delivering high quality services to our patients.
Main duties of the job
There is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice. Pharmacy technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the practice multi-disciplinary team.
The Pharmacy technician will be working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines. Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories.
The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives
About us
We are a teaching, training practice for medical students as is the lead sight for the Across Leicester Academy to teach undergraduate students. We also provide training and support for GP registrars. The practice is research active and is currently a leadership site within Leicester.
Details
Date posted
25 July 2023
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
A4495-23-0000
Job locations
131 Uppingham Road
Leicester
LE5 4BP
Employer details
Employer name
East Leicester Medical Practice
Address
131 Uppingham Road
Leicester
LE5 4BP
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