Clinical Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The Clinical Pharmacy Technician is responsible for ensuring inpatients are prioritised appropriately and high risk patients are identified and referred to the pharmacist.

This process is known as clinical prioritisation and includes :

o the review of current prescribed medicines

o identify newly prescribed medicines

o screen physical health monitoring i.e. bloods. To ensure the patient receives best outcome around safe and effective use of medicines while in our service.

o Identify high risk medicines (clozapine, lithium, methotrexate etc)

To assist the local Medicines Optimisation (MO) team in developing and delivering the clinical pharmacy service to ensure safe, therapeutic and cost effective use of medication on inpatient units and community teams

To provide medicines optimisation training to staff re assessment, storage, use and disposal of medication in accordance with trust training requirements

The post holder will supervise the band 5 medicine optimisation technician

Will be responsible and accountable for their clinical decisions.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Technician

Clinical Pharmacy Technician are responsible for identifying (and following up within one working day) patients who will require a high level of pharmacy input.

Prioritise patients who require high level of input and complete a review and monitoring of these patients.

Any issues identified are discussed with the pharmacist and/or the medical team, who will review and amend the prescription as appropriate.

Follow up on-going monitoring of chronic conditions and discuss outcomes with the pharmacist and/or the medical team for review.

Provide patient counseling for all patients admitted to our wards, including on-going medicines and newly started medicines.

Carry out clinical prioritisation duties that require good analytical and decision-making skills, combined with holistic clinical knowledge.

Facilitate discharge planning by communicating with the ward discharge facilitator daily to identifying patients due for discharge that week.

Meet with the patient prior to discharge to discuss the use of medication compliance aids and plans for administering their medicines once home

Are responsible for informing GPs and community pharmacies of any medication changes that have occurred during the patients hospital admission.

Clinical technicians also help to identify patients who may require a high level of pharmaceutical care following their discharge. Follow up 7-10 days post discharge by phone or face to face.

Carry out medicines reconciliation in line with NICE guidance at the various units that patients are admitted when the band 5 technician requires support.

Contribute to the medicines optimisation team roles within the Wellbeing and Recovery hubs

Oversee the band 5 medicine optimisation technician to manage the ordering, monitoring, storage and destruction of stock and named patient medication on DPT units

Oversee the band 5 to support delivery of self-medication schemes.

Oversee the use of patients own drugs and one-stop dispensing systems

Support the supply of clozapine to community patients via clozapine clinic where applicable and GP surgeries.

Oversee and liaise with acute trust pharmacy to ensure timely and accurate supply of medication in accordance with service level agreements

Regularly check medication charts to inform performance indicators and ensure charts meet service standards

Quarterly CD audits & storage audits within the community teams

Report and investigate medication-related incidents. Work with multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) to spread learning from incidents and prevent repetition.

Liaise with other health care professionals to aid patient compliance, and provide clinical input particularly in patients with complex physical disorders

Monitor compliance with MO protocols and policies including regular treatment room audits

Provide operational support to the Chief Technician.

Monitor use of specific high-cost products, ensuring that Trust guidelines are followed.

Ensure appropriate use of FP10HNC prescriptions.

Complete project work as directed by the Chief Technician.

Work unsupervised at multiple sites

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
• NVQ level 3 and BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Accredited Medicine Optimisation Technician levels:
• Foundation - Unit 1
• Intermediate - Unit 2/2.1
• Advance - unit 3 Clinical Prioritisation
• Evidence of revalidation.
• MO knowledge including appropriate policies and legislation
• IT skills

Desirable

• Accredited checking technician.
• A1/D32/33 accredited NVQ assessor
• Aston PgCert Psychiatric Therapeutics

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Torbay Mental Health Unit

Torbay Hospital

Torquay

TQ2 7AA

Employer's website

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